This column from today's Wall Street Journal asks why Jewish community leaders should assert that Jews must be on the left, supporting issues such as gay rights and abortion, and the push back from Jewish Republicans (many of whom are Russian immigrants, who know a thing or two about the left). It's interesting because the assumptions of these civic leaders in the Jewish community parallel those of gay "leaders," and because everyone herein assumes that gay rights is something only leftists support.
But respect for individuality and uniform application of law are
arguably just as much in the libertarian and small-government
conservative tradition as they are in the left's collectivist,
redistributionist tradition. Which is why such a surprising number
of gays (over
20%) routinely vote Republican, in hopes of reforming the party
rather than abandoning it to the Santorums of the hard right.
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