Michelangelo Signorile on Bush's Anti-Gay Amendment

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Two years ago it was Afghanistan. Last year it was Iraq. This year? Massachusetts, San Francisco, and Sandoval County, New Mexico -- the all-new "axis of evil."

Osama bin Laden's deputy has just released a tape yesterday in which he threatened mayhem and destruction, and CIA Director George Tenet warned Congress of new terrorist attacks. But never mind. The newest terrorists in the Bushies' minds -- in addition to the teachers who make up the National Education Association, whom Education Secretary Rod Paige actually dubbed "terrorists" this week -- are a lot easier to find, living openly as they do in blue-state enclaves. Their deadly and dangerous leaders include Del Martin, 83, and Phyllis Lyon, 79, pioneering lesbian activists and the first gay couple to get married in the City by the Bay.

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Bush's speech might one day be looked back upon as a turning point, much like Pat Buchanan's speech at the Republican convention or New Gingrich's "Contract with America" -- the beginning of the end. The White House is either so arrogant that it doesn't see that or so desperate that it simply believes it doesn't have a choice. Either way, it could be a stellar moment for the Democrats -- if they take up the challenge rather than go on the run.

http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2004/02/signorile-m-02-25.html