Letters to the Editor
-
Newsome is an idiot
The gay marriage fiasco in 2004 was a terrible moment for Democrats. It was terrible because it just waved the red flag at the morality fascists. I am entirely content with gay marriage - I'm a unitarian. When you see a gay marriage, you almost always see a unitarian clergy doing it. But it is a terrible political issue. It does us, as progressives, no good at all to take a stand that is totally unpopular. We lose seats, and the issue goes downhill.
What is needed is the slow, careful work that led to the civil rights for blacks. That took 10-15 years. It will take a long long time to get marriage/civil union equality.
What Gavin Newsome did was excite the right. that brought them out to vote. I believe that it brought out 2-3 % more Repukeliscum voters in OH, and that's why we lost the state.