I agree with this article. I think the Republicans have played the gay card too many times, and it's not going to work again. There are more pressing issues in this country that people are looking for the democrats to fix.
http://blog.thehill.com/2006/10/30/no-matter-what-happens-blame-the-gaysNo Matter What Happens, Blame the GaysSince 2003, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down archaic sex laws and the Massachusetts high court ruled that gay couples had a right to marry, we’ve heard right-wing activists and politicians, including President, Bush denouncing “activist judges” and “judicial tyranny.” But even when a state court allows the legislature to decide whether or not to call family protections for gay couples “marriage”—as was the case in Vermont seven years ago and is the case in New Jersey now—right wing leaders cynically complain.
The Christian right’s reaction to the New Jersey court ruling on marriage for same-sex couples proves that no matter how our governmental institutions address this issue, right- wing leaders will attack these institutions and scapegoat gay people.
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Opponents of same-sex marriage have argued for years that it is the legislatures, not courts, that should decide how and whether to recognize same-sex couple families. But when the California legislature passed a bill legalizing marriage for gay couples in 2005, Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed it, saying— without the slightest sense of irony—that the issue should be left up to the courts.
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This was a moderate and measured decision. But, desperate because the American public is no longer buying its snake oil on Iraq, the economy, the deficits, or corruption, the Republicans and the Christian right are trying to make this election about “gay marriage,” again. Karl Rove must have sent around a memo titled, “No matter what happens, blame the gays.” But it’s not going to work this time.
Posted by National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute Director Sean Cahill