Monday, May 14, 2012

Homophobia-phobia

In 32 states the issue of gay marriage has come before the electorate and 32 times that electorate chose to protect marriage and define it as the union of one man and one woman. So it peeves me to no end when I read one of the cadre of supposedly conservative pundits advocating that we give up on protecting marriage, suggesting it is a battle we cannot possibly win.

Last week the President endorsed publicly a stance that everybody and his brother knew that he held privately for ages. It's like Richard Simmons announcing he likes shorty shorts. Yeah, we kinda already knew. But even the President is not advocating any specific legislation.

Shortly after President Obama's statement of the obvious, Rasmussen showed Romney surging in the polls (at one point with a 7 point lead.) A new poll by Gallup shows "twice as many Americans say President Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage will make them less likely to vote for him than say it will make them more likely."

Yeah. Now is the time to give up. They have us on the ropes.

Are we that afraid of being called names that we are willing to let traditional marriage die even when we are ahead?

If this is losing, we should be doing a lot more of it.

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