Republicans haven’t won the presidency for two cycles now — and, for many party faithful, a perceived lack of support among evangelical voters is to blame. … The missing evangelical vote has been cited as a key factor by 2016 GOP hopefuls such as Sen. Ted Cruz and former tech […] Read more »
One in Three Say Businesses Should Be Allowed to Refuse Gays on Religious Grounds
Roughly a third of Americans say that businesses should be allowed to refuse gay customers on religious grounds, and the figure rises to almost half for businesses that provide wedding services, according to an NBC News poll released on Thursday. CONT. NBC News Read more »
Will Infighting Help the Republicans in 2016?
… If some in the media view the public disputes over the Indiana and Arkansas legislation as the kind of divisive conflict that alienates voters — a setback for the Republican Party — I would argue that the battle is unavoidable and may actually work to the party’s advantage. Intraparty […] Read more »
Preaching to The Choir: How Church Attendance Divides the Parties
Why were Republican legislative leaders in Arkansas and Indiana so blindsided by the backlash against their “religious-freedom” laws that critics view as a license to discriminate against gays? One reason may be that Republicans in many cases are now literally preaching to the choir: Republican partisans are much more likely […] Read more »
Gay Rights Will Continue to Split Republicans
Gay rights won’t fade as a political issue. The Republican base won’t let it. Prominent Republicans calculated that if the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage was constitutionally protected, the issue would become settled law and disappear politically. This would be welcome, they reasoned, as the party was on the […] Read more »
Democrats are divided on ‘culture war’ issues, too
… Yes, Republicans are more divided than Democrats on basic support of same-sex marriage. … But Democrats are actually slightly more divided than Republicans on the religious freedom measures. In this Pew survey, Republicans split 68 percent to 28 percent in favor of allowing businesses to refuse services for same-sex […] Read more »