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In response to "20 years ago, how many of you would have answered yes to gay marriage or legal pot? -- nm" by Reagen

there is no money in it for government to ban gay marriage, or restrict it.

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) May 18 '18, 14:27

legal pot is more tax dollars.

Taking into account the $ NRA is handing out to political people, it is going to take a miracle to institute the kind of change you all think is the answer.

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The religious right spent a lot of money fighting gay marriage and made it a litmus test for many candidates, just like the gun lobby. -- nm - pmb May 18, 14:38 2
- do we have numbers on that? -- nm - groiny May 18, 14:39 1
  - No, but as Roger Moore notes, the amount of money the NRA spends on campaign contributions is not huge. They do also spend money indirectly, but their - pmb May 18, 14:57
The NRA doesn’t actually give that much money, comparatively, though it is consistent. But it can make a lot of noise and push a lot of buttons, and - Roger More May 18, 14:32 4
- and let's say you do vote those politicians out when you can. The ones who get the most $ from NRA....... - groiny May 18, 14:36 1
  - Sure, maybe it has no chance. But if it has no chance, it’s not because of NRA cash. It’s because of NRA influence -- nm - Roger More May 18, 15:04
- compared to what? And if you take their income away, they will be giving politicians ZERO, which is much less than what those politicians get now. -- nm - groiny May 18, 14:33 1
  - Compared to other donors. In 2016, for example, the NRA contributed $1 million spent across 200ish congressional candidates - Roger More May 18, 14:48

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