http://www.metroweekly.com/2014/10/obama-constitutional-right-to-same-sex-marriage-in-all-50-states/
In the article "Obama: Constitutional right to same-sex marriage in all 50 states" the president talks about how he believes that the fourteenth amendment protects same-sex marriage in all 50 states. He thinks that the only reason that the courts have not passed it is because the 'stars have to align' for any big ruling to happen in the U.S. He also said that the decisions by the courts to not hear the same-sex marriage cases is a big step forward because although they arent ready to say yes, they are not going to choose to deny it either.
In my opinion same-sex marriage should not be passed in all fifty states, but unfortunately i think eventually it will be passed in most states. Although I am against gay marriage, I think those for it like the president have a strong case. It is similar to things like equal rights for african-americans. Even if they have a strong opinion for why they shouldnt have the equal rights, it still is the fact that they deserve equal rights no matter who they are. By law they should have the rights i think, but morally I do not agree with it.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Will Cassidy "runoff" with all the votes?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/2014/11/05/louisiana-senate-shifts-to-runoff-mode/18549555/
The article "Louisiana Senate race shifts into runoff mode" basically talks about the second senatorial election that is going to happen in the state of Louisiana in early December. Because no candidate was able to get over the 50% threshold, they are required to do a runoff race between the two highest vote-getting candidates. The incumbent democrat Mary Landrieu was able to slightly edge the leading republican candidate Bill Cassidy by a popular vote of 42% to 41%. Now that the two candidates have a month before the state votes again, they must once again rally their supporters to the polls. It is thought that although Landrieu had more votes than Cassidy in the original election, Cassidy will be able to gain the edge to win in this runoff. This is due to the fact that there was a second republican candidate who got 14% of the votes during the election who took many votes away from Cassidy. Now that his second republican is off the ballot, it is highly likely that he will gain many of the republican votes that are now undecided.
I think that the concept of a runoff is a very good idea. I think in this situation it makes a lot of sense and was built specifically for this purpose. There was only a slight edge for the democratic candidate over the number one republican candidate, but now that they are the only two on the ballot that means that there are a lot more republican voters that will now either vote for Cassidy or choose not to vote. I think that Cassidy will end up winning the runoff.
This decision is a highly impactful one. The switch between an already established senator to a young, inexperienced one is very different especially when it will be a switch from a democrat to a republican. If landrieu ends up winning it won't mean much change since she has been the senator for the past 6 years.
The article "Louisiana Senate race shifts into runoff mode" basically talks about the second senatorial election that is going to happen in the state of Louisiana in early December. Because no candidate was able to get over the 50% threshold, they are required to do a runoff race between the two highest vote-getting candidates. The incumbent democrat Mary Landrieu was able to slightly edge the leading republican candidate Bill Cassidy by a popular vote of 42% to 41%. Now that the two candidates have a month before the state votes again, they must once again rally their supporters to the polls. It is thought that although Landrieu had more votes than Cassidy in the original election, Cassidy will be able to gain the edge to win in this runoff. This is due to the fact that there was a second republican candidate who got 14% of the votes during the election who took many votes away from Cassidy. Now that his second republican is off the ballot, it is highly likely that he will gain many of the republican votes that are now undecided.
I think that the concept of a runoff is a very good idea. I think in this situation it makes a lot of sense and was built specifically for this purpose. There was only a slight edge for the democratic candidate over the number one republican candidate, but now that they are the only two on the ballot that means that there are a lot more republican voters that will now either vote for Cassidy or choose not to vote. I think that Cassidy will end up winning the runoff.
This decision is a highly impactful one. The switch between an already established senator to a young, inexperienced one is very different especially when it will be a switch from a democrat to a republican. If landrieu ends up winning it won't mean much change since she has been the senator for the past 6 years.
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