Republicans are aware that marriage equality is popular among the American mainstream. But on Capitol Hill, most Republicans don't care what the mainstream thinks. (via MaddowBlog)
by referencing data from the American National Election Studies report conducted by Stanford University and the University of Michigan.
In other words, Republicans are aware of the national polling and the support for marriage equality among the American mainstream, but on Capitol Hill, most of the party doesn’t much care what the mainstream thinks. What matters is what the GOP base believes, and for now, rank-and-file Republican voters still aren’t on board with marriage equality.
Rubio just won re-election by more than 16 points. He knows the Respect for Marriage Act is a bipartisan compromise. He knows it includes all kinds of built-in protections to protect religious liberty. He knows that it would simply codify the status quo in federal law. He even likely knew it’d advance whether he supported his party’s filibuster or not.
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