Social issues aren't all that important in my opinion.
People voted into office should focus more on income inequality, corporate regulation, climate change (keystone xl), net neutrality instead.
And this is coming from an Asian girl.
If however, a person is voted into office where his/her primary concern is job creation, but also has liberal stances on social issues. Those stances are a bonus.
However, here's what I think about these social issues:
Feminism: for the most part women have the equality they want/need and are content with it. Some fight to change social norms, and to some extent I feel we need feminists to keep the equality. However, feminists should admit outright that they do not fight for the rights of men because there seems to be little if any action on their rights in criminal/family court.
Also, I think most women do not take advantage of the power they really have--spending power, and extreme feminists seem to deny men any value as a person. Precisely the same goes for sexist men in regards to women.
Gay rights: There is freedom of religion, and you cannot ask a church that already has anti-gay written in their holy books to change their doctrine. Therefore I support a Church that is unwilling to consummate a gay marriage because it is gay. However, a Church has no influence over the law of the land, and people will maintain their right to practice whatever religion they wish. The law can and should still legalize gay marriage for financial benefits as well as a symbolic union for the couple.
Racism: It is a huge issue, but one that is immensely tied to income inequality. If income inequality and the criminal justice system is corrected, more power will be given to colored people (who have a tendency to be in lower classes anyways). More jobs=more money in the hands of the majority= more power to the majority. And, more jobs=stabler neighborhoods=less criminal activity from impoverished neighborhoods. I think that part of racism is also illegal immigration. It is a way for companies to bring extremely low paying jobs (slave-labor) right into our Country illegally, and they probably don't pay taxes for it neither. Not only is illegal employment taking jobs away from legal US citizens, illegal employment is a covert way of large-ass companies to take advantage of a commodity right in our own country and further the socioeconomic inequality for usual citizens. A reprieve should somehow be given to students and adults who've been educated in the US long enough, but otherwise deport the rest. I don't get why its done in the first place. 1) the pay for these illegal immigrants is extremely low with no benefits or safety 2) if they are staying in the US while working, their minimum to make a living will probably also be higher than their home country. 3) the constant fear of being deported if somehow revealed.
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