Comments on: On Single-Issue Voting http://arewemarried.com/2009/09/24/on-single-issue-voting/ A road trip across the country to visit our marriage Sat, 13 Nov 2010 01:18:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: CraftLass http://arewemarried.com/2009/09/24/on-single-issue-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-37 CraftLass Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:32:57 +0000 http://arewemarried.com/?p=311#comment-37 I also want to thank you for this, there are so many people with specific causes who vote based on one issue and that is a bit scary. What will they tolerate to get that one issue solved to their satisfaction? I've known quite a few people who ONLY care about abortion positions and others who only care about marijuana laws (just as an example two of the prominent issues that aren't LGBT). It's great to have a single issue you pour your passion into, but when you vote, vote for the person who best represents ALL your positions or you will likely get screwed in every other way. We really need more parties to count in elections, though. The ones in power care about nothing but keeping the other parties from having any of their own and many of us are left with no one who represents our opinions. If we had more people to vote for maybe something would actually get better because there would be real competition. I also want to thank you for this, there are so many people with specific causes who vote based on one issue and that is a bit scary. What will they tolerate to get that one issue solved to their satisfaction? I’ve known quite a few people who ONLY care about abortion positions and others who only care about marijuana laws (just as an example two of the prominent issues that aren’t LGBT). It’s great to have a single issue you pour your passion into, but when you vote, vote for the person who best represents ALL your positions or you will likely get screwed in every other way.

We really need more parties to count in elections, though. The ones in power care about nothing but keeping the other parties from having any of their own and many of us are left with no one who represents our opinions. If we had more people to vote for maybe something would actually get better because there would be real competition.

]]> By: olive http://arewemarried.com/2009/09/24/on-single-issue-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-32 olive Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:41:04 +0000 http://arewemarried.com/?p=311#comment-32 thanks for this. I am not a single issue voter either. In a time of war and economic recession... so many people are fighting for their lives as well as lgbtq folks. I can't put on those horsey city blinder things...what are those things called where it forces them to only look in one direction? thanks for this. I am not a single issue voter either. In a time of war and economic recession… so many people are fighting for their lives as well as lgbtq folks. I can’t put on those horsey city blinder things…what are those things called where it forces them to only look in one direction?

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