I'm not surprised at all that you used faith. Apparently, that's all the basis you have for your opinions. Where you criticize me for not adding MORE citations, I see how you've conveniently fail to mention any published studies that support you "belief". There's a reason for that - they don't exist.
Wait, are you serious? You really dispute that political scientists don’t all follow the Michigan model and that there have been scholarly articles and studies that dispute it? Nevermind, I gave you too much credit. When is the last time you took a polisci course? Your point of view is a little out of date.
Putting any animosity aside for the moment and touching on a topic that is at least somewhat more relevant to the purpose of this thread...
What is your take as to what position the GOP should take with regard to same-sex marriage and gay rights in general? Not being a self-loather, I am obviously in support of such things, but it’s a rather difficult issue for the GOP. The numbers support the GOP keeping strong on some social conservative issues (like abortion), but they certainly do not support the party opposing gay rights (at least in the long ). How the party should handle the gay issue when supporting may lose a lot of the conservative vote and lead to fracture, but opposing may doom the party in the longterm is beyond me.
Also, I apologize for my iinitial post. Yes, I used faith and was dismissive intentionally just to ruffle your feathers, but with all due respect, you’ve been quite critical and dismissive of this forum in the short amount of time you’ve been here [despite the fact that you yourself are not perfect (e.g., the comment you made in the 2A thread the other day)] , so the old taste of his own medicine routine seemed appropriate. I should’ve just stated my concerns directly to you instead of baiting you, so again, I sincerely apologize for my puerile taunting.
Add. to 86: Faith as in my use of the word faith.