Jelly Politics

Hey. Hi. Howdy. Hello. I don't know how to start off blog posts, so I'm just gonna keep doing this. If you haven't read the title of the blog post, I'm gonna be talking about interest groups, particularly those that are related to LGBT issues. For some context, the issue around gay marriage has been pretty black-and-white. Liberals support gay-marriage and LGBT rights, while conservatives oppose it. The interest groups that I chose, Lambda Legal and the American Family Association, accurately reflect these beliefs, and wow. Wow Wow Wow ™ . That was quite a ride. First off, let me tell you a little bit about each group. Lambda Legal takes a liberal stance on LGBT issues, and clearly states their purpose in the "About Us" page. Their mission is to "achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work." The rest of the...

Hey. Hi. Howdy. Hello. Other greeting that starts with "h." My name is Angelica, and I'm a high school senior at some really obscure high school in California. You may be wondering why this blog is titled "Jelly Politics." You may also be wondering why a high school senior would choose such a juvenile name that makes me look like I'm a thirteen-year-old girl trying to make politics seem all fun and happy. But no. No... (I feel like that's especially impossible with current politics.) Jelly's actually my nickname because you know. AnGELIca = AnJELLYca. And I just tacked that onto the word "politics" since I'm really really bad at coming up with titles. Anyway, this blog is meant for my AP Government project where we'll focus on linkage institutions and how they influence our political ideologies. So yeah. Get excited. (Or not. I don't care.) For this first post, I'm (forced to) going to talk about my political ty...