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This is the @YankeeFan argument. But Democrats weren't advocating a constitutional amendment barring gay marriage.

 

So? What does that mean? That they weren't against it that much, but Republicans were too against it?

If you're against slavery, guns, abortion, or curbs on free speech, why would it be a negative to want the power of the Constitution behind your beliefs?

 

As a conservative Midwest yokel with a wife and kids, mortgage and a 5-minute commute to work, we love visiting NYC. And we love the people of New York.

I always found them to be incredibly helpful when I am playing the role of the lost and clueless Clark Griswold between Midtown, Chinatown and Battery Park.

We love living in the Midwest but it's not necessarily because the people are any nicer. They're not. I always believed Minnesota Nice was BS as I lived there for six years and found them provincial and not terribly accepting of outsiders.

I've told our daughter that if she wants to live in NYC when she's older, to go for it.

 

Alice and I have often discussed moving to NYC now that we're retired. Good health care, don't need a car, lots to do, all things appealing to seniors.

 

Republicans also opposed measures like adding sexual orientation as a protected class in state discrimination laws.

 

Are we skipping right past my last post?

 

There is a very easy way for Pres-elect Trump to validate the Republican party's opposition to bigotry. He can condemn, loudly and proudly, the random attacks on women and minorities and anti-Semitic words and actions by people claiming to be his supporters. It would be not merely morally right, but the best way of reassuring folks he's a "normal" politician (there's no such thing, of course). If he does not, well I will draw my own conclusions.

 

Woman. Gay. Black. Seems pretty diverse.

First Three Members of Trump’s Administration Team: A Woman, A Gay Man, and a Black Man. Progressives Are In Extreme Meltdown Mode | Swamp Drain

 

There is quite a difference between nonviolent protest and assaults on total strangers. If Trump denounces the latter, he could ask the demonstrators to give him a chance. But this is the first amendment in action.

 

Man, you have GOT to stop using Boom/Earthman's dictionary.

Eh, we like the Met Museum (and its sister, the Cloisters). Pretty much hate everything else about New York. Subways look third world by comparison.

 

Meanwhile, more reports being exposed as hoaxes: