Cue the opening of The Apprentice.
It's not that a lot of them don't know what they're doing is wrong, it's just ... you know, money is more important sometimes. And Iraq too whatever we guess, old news.
I just can't see it as anything other than wrong, anymore. There's just too strong of an "they're the enemy" line being drawn right now.
Simply because Obama came out for gay marriage as an obvious political tactic, which is a state issue in any event? I think you may be selling gays short myself. I would like to think they are more serious than that.
No, not simply because Obama came out in support. That was probably the most visible cue, but let's not forget the 50 state battle that's being waged across the country. Lines are very sharply being drawn in New Hampshire, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maine, and even North Carolina. Many, many Democrats have gone to the wall for gay marriage rights. Many Republicans have gone to the wall to stop them. The division is only going to get more and more pronounced as time goes on, lest Republicans finally understand what a losing issue their base has saddled them with.
Oh, I will say this: I feel like this election will help solidify gay voters around democrats by a margin similar to their numbers with blacks.
So you honestly believe gays will go from voting 31% GOP 2 yrs ago to voting about 5% GOP (which is about what McCain got from blacks in '08) this November?
Nah. The shift will happen, but it won't be so sharp and so immediate. But it only makes sense to say that a notable shift begins now, the first real election cycle where support for gay rights has finally been deemed "mainstream."
