Other than RKBA, what are your main voting issues?

[DRZinn]

Marriage is defined by our Creator. He defined it as between one man and one woman for life.

He also said that homosexuality is an abomination, and that homosexuals cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven, and that sin is a reproach to any people.

That is plenty good enough for me.

What's going on here; is there some fundamentalist, totalitarian version of DU somwhere?

I'm so glad that the being you think both created us and defined marriage didn't found this country.

 

[ctdonath]

why bother with it at all?

Because it formally invokes community & government recognition and support of the man devoting himself to providing for his family, his wife devoted to nurturing their child, and the child totally dependent on others; the community both gives special support to them as a procreating family, makes sure they stay together as a unit, and give backup support when one cannot perform their family duties.

In a nation where family breakup is expected, the pre-born are killed for convenience, children are foisted off to daycare while parents selfishly pursue careers, government penalizes marriage thru higher taxes, and procreation is oft viewed as foolishness instead of cultural survival, there is little surprise that the originating purpose of the institution of marriage has ben obfuscated to the point that people think a couple of guys (or gals) can "marry".

Yes, "gay marriage" is one of my main voting issues. The institution of marriage exists for continuing the species while maintaining a high social standard. Any candidate supporting "gay marriage" holds fundamental beliefs anathema to my own; the concept cannot be rationally derived from anything I hold dear.

My other voting issues:
- Taxes. GHWB lost my vote second time 'round precisely because of promising "no new taxes" then signing the biggest tax increase in history.
- Defense. Only "peace thru superior firepower" saves lives.
- Abortion. Life begins at conception, period; I'm not supporting those who advocate/allow murder. (Mods, I don't want to argue this point, I'm just answering the thread's question. Leaving the third-rail reference at that.)
- Free speech/religion. These "ban X because it might offend someone" usually constitute thinly veiled oppression, as X hasn't offended anyone - but banning X offends the heck out of me.

I've got other voting issues, but those pretty much dominate my choice.

 

[Ivy Mike]

This notion of traditional marriage and family are really romanticized and not in line with actual history.

http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org/familyarticles.php?id=education
http://www.nllfs.org/publications/index.htm

There is a ton of literature out there that gives us a much better idea of how the family really operates. To begin with a long list of scary problems and claim that they are the cause of the breakdown of the traditional family, and then to go about fixing these things by preventing a relatively recent movement (gay marriage) insinuates that gay marriage is the root of these problems.
Heterosexual couples lead the pack in cohabitation
Heterosexual couples have accidental children
Heterosexual couples are the ones getting divorced.
Pretending that gay marriage is this perversion is just garbage.

A little reading and research would go much further than looking back on some mythical sit-com past and longing for its return.

Gay marriages are not the cause of problems nor is childbirth the only reason for marriage. If you really wanted to further the species, monogamy isn't the way to go about it. It would be easier to maintain social standards through other methods such as tax reductions (you keep more money...stretch the dollar further) and devote more time to children rather than the bottom line.

Education folks...it will really help you out.

 

[Don Gwinn]

Well, it lasted longer than I thought it would. I suppose I should focus on that; it speaks well of our members.