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The talk show hosts have blathered about #WalkAway for a few days now. Finally - I looked it up. Definitely interesting!
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/07/03/former_liberal_to_progressives_time_to_walk_away.html
Brandon Straka says that less than a year ago, he was a liberal. He explains why he changed his mind in this "viral video" encouraging other progressives to "walk away" from the remains of the Democratic Party.
"Once upon a time, I was a liberal,” the gay NYC hairdresser begins. "I felt I’d found a tribe.” But, he said, they will do “absolutely nothing for you."
The video is at least a month old, but Straka appeared on FNC's 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' on Monday to discuss what he means:
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com
Another story from an apparently Black Canadian woman who married an American.
https://www.redstate.com/kiradavis/2018/08/10/heres-chose-walkaway-liberalism/
My father-in-law was a popular local pastor, and also the first black man I’d ever met who called himself a Republican and a conservative. We were fast friends, and often talked politics. He would gently but intelligently challenge a lot of my notions and beliefs. I thought I knew a lot because I read a lot of headlines. He challenged me to read the actual stories. I thought I new a lot because I watched Bill Maher. He challenged me to watch the things going on around me. I thought I knew a lot because…well, I knew a lot! He challenged me to value results over talk. I wasn’t a convert, but I began to think that maybe I didn’t have the full picture when it came to my ideas about Republicans and conservatives. Could it be that I was depending too much on salacious headlines and raging talking heads for my opinions about conservatism?
Back to Brandon: http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/07/08/brandon-straka-walk-away-campaign-founder-denied-service-camera-store
Straka said the salesperson recognized him from his campaign and said that he couldn't sell anything to him because he did not support the "#WalkAway" campaign.
According to the movement's Facebook page, it's meant to "encourage and support those on the left to walk away from the divisive tenets."
Straka said following his encounter at the electronics store, he started "shaking" because he hadn't experienced negative backlash like that before.
"It took my breath away," he said.
Two videos, each of them very eloquent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pjs7uoOkag&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILQXW2Ob1PU&feature=youtu.be
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday October 13 2018, @11:50PM
I'm pretty sure everything you listed could happen. It's just incredibly unlikely and would require some fraught/heated amending of the Constitution in some cases.
Support for gay marriage is just too high for it to go away:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/support-for-same-sex-marriage-isnt-unanimous/ [fivethirtyeight.com]
http://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/changing-attitudes-on-gay-marriage/ [pewforum.org]
Example: support among "White evangelical Protestants" increased from 13% in 2001 to 35% in 2017. In other words, support among one of the groups most closely associated with anti-LGBT sentiment is now closer to 50% than 0%.
The trend might slow down, but will probably continue as older Americans die off. But what could cause the trend to reverse? Something really bad would have to happen.