Guns god and gays

US News: Nancy Pelosi discusses the Democratic Party's setbacks in the elections, highlighting Republican themes of guns, LGBTQ+ rights, and religion as significant factors in voter sentiment.

Kamala Harris and Cory Booker have proposed sweeping gun control legislation. Elizabeth Warren quoted from the Gospel of Matthew during a televised town hall. Pete Buttigieg appeared on the cover. The phrase God, guns and gays describes the focus on social issues as political priorities for a significant number of right wing voters in the United States.

The term is also used by analysts who argue that in the voting booth, socially conservative concerns allegedly displace economic concerns, and that White working-class voters are moving. There's an old adage about the political priorities of social conservatives: "Guns, God and Gays." These three Gs are, as the story goes, the foremost issues that motivate conservative and Republican voters because: (1) they fear liberals would come for their guns if given half a chance; (2) they fear God as everyone should--in a.

His controversial slogan during his first run for U.S. Senate was “God, Guns and Gays,” and he still stands by it 28 years later — consistently voting against abortion, gun control and gay marriage. Kamala Harris and Cory Booker have proposed sweeping gun control legislation. Elizabeth Warren quoted from the Gospel of Matthew during a televised town hall. Pete Buttigieg appeared on the cover of Time magazine with his husband, and has said their relationship brought him "closer to God.

In the ial primary, candidates are embracing topics that were once considered taboo in politics, and liabilities for the party in a general election. But significant shifts in public opinion combined with rhetoric and policy in the administration have Democrats eager to talk about so-called social issues on the campaign trail. Democrats say that the significant shifts in public attitudes, particularly on guns and marriage, allow the party to play offense on these issues.

In , Vice Joe Biden went off script to voice support for same sex marriage, getting out ahead of Obama who had not yet gone that far. Seven years later, Buttigieg kissed his husband on stage after announcing his candidacy for . In an interview Thursday with Fox News, Mr. said it was "great" to see a gay candidate share the stage with his husband. I think it's good. In February, a year after the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a CBS News poll found that 56 percent of Americans think laws covering gun sales should be more strict, including 51 percent of independents.

Most of the Democratic candidates support a ban or restrictions on assault-style weapons. Even Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who entered the race this week, said he would support a ban on some semi-automatic weapons. And Harris and Booker have released policy proposals that would restrict gun ownership. While the issues haven't changed dramatically for Democrats since , party strategists say the difference is that they may be less of a liability in the general election than before.

Ed Rendell, who is supporting Biden in the primary. As much as Democrats are becoming more comfortable addressing cultural issues on the campaign trail, party strategists also urge caution. Democrats "have to make sure that having this conversation does not get in the way of providing an economic alternative. Republicans have been quick to criticize the Democrats' gun policies this cycle, a signal that the issue is still politically fraught.

If guns and gay rights have a particular rallying effect among the base of the party, Democrats say that in talking about religion and faith, candidates have an opportunity to reach voters outside their traditional constituency — particularly by drawing a contrast to Mr. on immigration policy and climate change. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, has been among the most outspoken about his faith on the campaign trail.

In a televised town hall earlier this year that helped to catapult him to the national stage, Buttigieg called Vice Mike Pence a "cheerleader for the star presidency. When asked about faith and politics in another town hall last month, Buttigieg said "part of where I'm coming from is a faith tradition that counsels me to be as humble as possible, that counsels me to look after those who need defending.

“Guns, that’s an issue. Gays, that’s

And frankly, it couldn't be more radically different than what I see certainly in this White House. Warren said that faith guided her political views. In a televised town hall in April, she quoted scripture. I was thirsty, and you gave me water,'" she said. Booker, a New Jersey senator, has often quoted scripture on the campaign trail.

And our immigration policy violates not only American values, but the values of our faith traditions. And Joe Biden, a Catholic, has cast the campaign as "the battle for the soul of our nation.