Mar. 3rd, 2004 04:16 pm
Must...vote...sexuality...
Andrew Sullivan blogs:
Or maybe I'm wrong. Tell me, friends, are we queers as ovine as the Religious Right we loathe? We will all run out to vote for someone simply because he makes the right noises about gay rights?
Attacking the amendment is now an applause line in John Kerry's election speech - and he will get every gay vote and every vote from their families and friends.Um, no he won't, Sully, for the simple reason that not all gays and lesbians (let alone their "families and friends") are one-issue voters. You, of all people, should know this, Mr Gay Conservative! Quite a few people--Dem, GOP, and GDI--have figured out that the "national debate" on gay marriage is a smokescreen to distract voters from the really critical issues of campaign, like, er, um, wasn't there a little war recently that you wholeheartedly supported?
Or maybe I'm wrong. Tell me, friends, are we queers as ovine as the Religious Right we loathe? We will all run out to vote for someone simply because he makes the right noises about gay rights?