tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post6322278497680478086..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Sunday Question for ConservativesJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-90021430433481875362011-07-25T11:47:36.832-05:002011-07-25T11:47:36.832-05:00An addendum to your question: "And you do yo...An addendum to your question: "And you do you feel about Rick Perry's stance on New York's new law legalizing same-sex marriage?"Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-39623807985091406112011-07-24T17:29:44.476-05:002011-07-24T17:29:44.476-05:00for 'one expects', read 'no one expect...for 'one expects', read 'no one expects'Davis X. Machinahttp://davisxmachina.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-45956168061688528872011-07-24T17:28:35.125-05:002011-07-24T17:28:35.125-05:00It will linger on indefinitely as a platform plank...It will linger on indefinitely as a platform plank, without any real policy consequences, having become the domestic-policy equivalent of a return to the gold standard -- but one expects conservatives to be anything other than <i>tenaces antiquorum</i>.Davis X. Machinahttp://davisxmachina.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-83077483233119543962011-07-24T13:43:21.660-05:002011-07-24T13:43:21.660-05:00In 2020, the GOP position on same-sex marriage, an...In 2020, the GOP position on same-sex marriage, and LBGT issues generally, will be about the same as their current one.<br /><br />The biggest challenge for the GOP in the coming years is keeping their increasingly diverse constituents happy. Full national gay marriage and full national gay integration is pretty much a fait accompli at this point; there's no reason for the GOP to support it and antagonize the evangelicals or the xenophobic Tea Party types. The GOP has enough problems without pissing off restive constituents for no gain. So - no change.CSHnoreply@blogger.com