Santorum will unmarry all gay couples if he's elected

[Mr Khan]

johnsobas said:
the problem is that we're talking about gay marriage, birth control, and abortion while the country is about to collapse in debt and buried in pointless wars while trying to start new ones. We need to talk about the economy and wars, all the other stuff needs to go on the back burner because none of that matters if the government collapses.

Social issues are easier to take clear stances on. Few enough people are willing to take hard-and-fast stances on matters of the economy or the national debt or wars, because while small government seems like a nice idea and i would theoretically enjoy watching the reactions to an American-style "shock therapy," one needs to be flexible when dealing with the economy and with foreign policy, and willing to take advantage of all your tools at your disposal. With social issues, it's very clean-cut and easy to say solid things that people understand.