How times have changed. Aside from abortion, in 2012, the defining social issue in the Republican presidential primaries was same-sex marriage. Few would have imagined that little more than a decade later the main culture-war issue would be transgenderism. Yet here we are. And given that we’re here, it’s worth taking a closer look at candidates’ positions on these issues.
From a social conservative’s perspective, the GOP candidates fall in three overlapping categories: Those with a proven policy record of resisting transgender ideology, those who talk a good game, and those who are rhetorically and politically unreliable.
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