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News: Republicans: Gay Candidate Yes, Gay Kids Mmm...
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Republicans: Gay Candidate Yes, Gay Kids Mmm...
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The Republican Party is gradually moving toward a more accepting attitude toward gay rights.
When it comes to their own families, though, it's slow-going.
A new poll from McClatchy and Marist College shows that 68 percent of Republicans say they would be no less likely to support a well-qualified gay candidate, and 59 percent say they prefer that states decide same-sex marriage rather than the federal government -- a stance that effectively is allowing such unions to take hold across the country.
At the same time, a strong majority of Republicans still personally oppose same-sex marriage (63 percent), and a similar proportion remains concerned about these issues directly affecting their family. In fact, six in 10 say they would be upset if one of their children were gay. Thirty-seven percent say they would be upset if their child told them that he or she was gay, while 23 percent say they would be "very upset." One-quarter of Republicans say they would not be upset at all.
By contrast, a total of 28 percent of Democrats would be either "very upset" or "upset" if their child came out as gay or lesbian. Seventy percent said they wouldn't be upset.
To recap, two-thirds of Republicans say a gay candidate's sexuality doesn't make them less apt to support them, but 60 percent say they would be upset if they had a gay child.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ren-being-gay/
Full breakdown on what they think of having gay kids go here: http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-cont...d%20Tables.pdf
Extra note: A similar poll conducted in 1985 by the Los Angeles Times found that a whopping 89 percent of adults said they'd be upset if their child was gay; just 9 percent said they'd be okay with it. --Damn.
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six in 10 say they would be upset if one of their children were gay. Thirty-seven percent say they would be upset if their child told them that he or she was gay, while 23 percent say they would be "very upset."
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Trash.
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So basically they're okay with someone being gay as long as they don't have to hear about it, see it or deal with it... don't ask, don't tell teas.
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Originally posted by RatedG²
lol @ upset.
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They are so pathetic.
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On candidates, America as a whole would approve of female and gay ones for president, but not an atheist 
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Originally posted by Priyanka Chopra
So basically they're okay with someone being gay as long as they don't have to hear about it, see it or deal with it... don't ask, don't tell teas.
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Yup! Keep it in the bedroom, right? There's no reason to go around parading one's sexuality on the streets, holding hands with another man or other such shocking exhibitions 
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The show of support for Queen Clay  Change the world sis
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Originally posted by Goosey
Yup! Keep it in the bedroom, right? There's no reason to go around parading one's sexuality on the streets, holding hands with another man or other such shocking exhibitions |
are you a homo?
I just want to confirm whether you're an ignorant, self-hating homo or an ignorant, hateful non-homo
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Originally posted by Goosey
Yup! Keep it in the bedroom, right? There's no reason to go around parading one's sexuality on the streets, holding hands with another man or other such shocking exhibitions |
Quelle surprise
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The **** they would. You know they wouldn't actually nominate a gay candidate in a million years, even if his credentials were perfect, and you KNOW that "being upset" is entirely minimizing the collective conservative reaction to having gay kids.
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Yeah this is how it is with these people, they're okay with someone being gay as long as it isn't someone that's in their own family, aka they're not the ones who have to deal with it 
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Yeah this is how it is with these people, they're okay with someone being gay as long as it isn't someone that's in their own family, aka they're not the ones who have to deal with it |
Unless they have to see it, hear about it, or think about it - then they're "upset" regardless of relation to them!
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Originally posted by Newt
are you a homo?
I just want to confirm whether you're an ignorant, self-hating homo or an ignorant, hateful non-homo
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And quit with the reporting. Y'all are oblivious to obvious sarcasm.
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Pathetic but at least the numbers are getting smaller, and not growing.
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They wouldn't get a gay candidate. That's some bull. 
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Yup! Keep it in the bedroom, right? There's no reason to go around parading one's sexuality on the streets, holding hands with another man or other such shocking exhibitions |
You mean what straight people do?
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