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check out the other topic that scored only 1% of votes.
yikes.
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Yeah, I think the "gay marriage debate" is almost totally over. Conservatives don't really care about it anymore, most realize it's not a winning battle. And the Millennial generation is pretty much totally past it.

However, I do wonder how they're going to reduce the size of the Federal government without reforming Social Security or reducing health care costs. Way easier said than done, I guess.
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Much as I would love it to, it's inaccurate to pull from this graph that only 1% of attendees see it as a priority, or that it represents a major swing.

The question is "what are your top two most important issues" and only 1% said stopping gay marriage was in the top two. That doesn't mean that it isn't, say, issue number 3 for 60% of people, or that most republicans still want want to stop it.

We're getting there, I truly believe, but this graph isn't the thing that shows it.
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I love it when religious people are overcome with life experience and reason, slowly (but surely!) backing away from the bat shit crazy bible.
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It's probably not a concern because it's not much of a threat.

It would be interesting to see if Gay marriage is a top 1-2 priority even for homosexuals.
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@Ben: You are right, sort of. For instance, I want to improve education, save the planet, end homlessness and have more money, (among other things.) But we all make priorities in life. I spend 8 hours a day improving education, I own solar panels and ride my bike everywhere. And I save money like crazy, (although I'm not going to give details in public.) As for ending homlessnes, when I'm bored I sometimes post things on a blog about it. And I'm well aware that if everyone is like me, homelessness will get worse, not better, and while I'm not happy about that, I'm not so unhappy that I'm going to do anything about it. Does that mean I want to actually increase homelessness? Of course not, but even if I did, it wouldn't make a bit of difference to the outcome, so the fact that it isn't a priority means that my opinion in it really doesn't matter.

It is the same thing with the CPAC people, if stopping gay marriage isn't a priority, then it won't get stopped, even if they want to stop it in the first place.
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Just because it's not a priority doesn't mean that those voter won't check the box labeled "Deny those icky gays the right to marry" when they walk into the voter booth and shut the curtain.
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True, but it will prevent them from donating money/time to get it on the ballot/to wage the campaign.

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Nah, there are still going to be groups making sure it doesn't happen, and people with heavy conservative (or just straight up homophobic) leanings will still be there to throw their votes behind it, unfortunately.

I think CPAC draws more economically minded conservative types with less (but ever present) emphasis on the social conservative part.

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