I'm currently split on who I want for Minnesota Governor. There's Tom Emmer, the most conservative them. He's both socially and economically conservative having recieved an endorsement from Sarah Palin herself and our last governor Pawlenty. I don't know if I like him. He's introduced a bill in the Minnesota legislature that would ban same-sex marriage and define as only one man and one woman. I guess looking back on what SunnyC said, it shouldn't be that big of a deal. Normally I wouldn't care if he simply held those beliefs. After all, Barack Obama himself believes that marriage is between one man and one woman.
I just have issue when you go out of your way, and clog our legislature
just to make sure that gay couples will never get married. A lot of the time the gay community is critisized for being so militant about their agenda when there are bigger issues. Well fine. The same should apply for conservatives then. You shouldn't be fighting in congress and draw everyones attention to fight and vote over this bill designed to keep marriage away from people when there are tons of other things you could devote your resources and time to. This tells me Tom Emmer doesn't really have priorities in order. He doesn't even want to recognize civil unions either. I mean, come on man. Throw us a bone, geez.
I am willing to compromise on abortion and gay rights now. When it comes down to it, in my own view I'm going to viciously stand up for gay rights, but I don't agree with the hate crimes idea, amd I don't think it makes sense to vote against someone who might have knowledge on how to help govern just because they don't agree with these two wedge issues. I think now we have to consider the idea that some people are actually homophobic-phobic and it's not really that big a deal to not ally with gay rights.
It's yes and no for me. Part of me says that the issue of gay marriage will go to the supreme court in which they will decide whether or not gay marriage is legal everywhere. At least that's as far as I understand it, I could be wrong. So, if the supreme court is just going to legalize gay marriage in every state, then let's go ahead and elect conservative politicians if they are just going to be struck down on one issue we disagree with them on anyway. If the supreme court votes not in our favor, then these guys are in charge of whether gays get their rights or not. Domestic issues are just as big as economic ones in my opinion. Justice and equality matter just as much as cash flow.
I think I'll be supporting Tom Horner. He's an independent and in Minnesota independents actually have a chance in hell at winning. And from what I've been reading of him(and I consider myself a good read of character), he actually genuinely seems like a nice person too. He supports necessary tax cuts and budget cuts for our state knowing we can't afford to go on spending like crazy. Mark Dayton is just a crazy idiot. I mean, he was on TIME magazines top five worst senators. I can't imagine him being a good GOVERNOR.