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Democrats are not liberals? That is a very strange opinion.
Regards to your specific claims, the house did pass such legislation when it was controlled by the democrats but republicans in the senate blocked it: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/same-sex-marriage-bill-house-vote-pass/
First that isn't what I said. Liberalism does not equal the democratic party is what I said. Liberalism is it's own thing. The democratic party is it's own thing. The democrats give lip service to liberalism. But they don't actuall accomplish much. And you know the democrats controlled the senate at the time of that bill you linked... interesting how they just can't seem to overcome the same obstacles that the GOP overcomes. Almost like they just aren't trying as hard because they don't really want to pass such things.
I mean I am the one saying democrats are liberals and you contested that. If you're not saying that then I don't know what we're arguing about.
The senate operates on a supermajority. If you paid attention you would know that most republican legislation has not passed the senate.
In response to my comments about how the democrates enable the GOP, you said "Fascism is not equally as bad as liberalism and you people will never convince me otherwise." I took that to be saying the gop is fascism, and the democratic party is liberalsim. To which I have disagreed that the democratic party is liberalism, but instead pretends to be, yet just enables the gop to do it's thing because they both serve the same masters.
Also, I am aware of the supermajority and the filibuster. Those details are the same for both parties. Yet the gop manages to pass more legislation that supports their cause then the democrats. And yes, most legislation doesn't pass in general. That's because it is often just for publicity with no intent of it passing.