Thread: Kerry Concedes
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Old 11-09-2004, 09:50 AM   #87
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Originally posted by Cerek:Thanks for the stats, J.D. This the point I've been trying to make throughout this thread - that it wasn't just the Republicans and their "moral mammys" that voted in favor of the amendments. Each of these amendments passed by an overwhelming majority - which means that Democrats had to vote for it too and probably even some NON-religious voters cast their vote in favor of banning the marriages.
Doesn't this say a lot about the American idea of the 'political spectrum' and how far political ideas are apart? I mean; during the campaign both parties act as if they're fire and water, two exact opposites, but in the end the ideas of Republicans and Democrats don't differ that much after all.
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