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At first I pumped my fist as San Fran bloomed forth in gay marriages. Instead of protests or speeches or petitions that have been going on for ages and ignored by the public, this brought the issue to headline news and then some. I also felt that seeing these marriages, these people, their happiness and many with their kids looking on would make a lot of people look and say, "what the hell was all the bigoted fuss about all these years".
But awhile later, I began to wonder if the marriages should have waited until after the November elections---regardless of who won. If a Dem, it would be easier for the president to help their cause. If Bush re-elected, they could make his life hell. But the real concern was that this just set the stage for Bush to play to his right wing filthy, bigoted zealots by having him propose the amendment. This helps Bush bring his base together (and some of them were drifting). If these marriages weren't going on and Bush came out with his amendment proposal, it would be even more obvious to the public that the guy would fool even with our most beloved document just to get re-elected.
Perhaps the Gay community chose this moment because Bush was going to make a big deal out of the MA case anyway and they were trying to have the public see the light before Bush flushed everything back into darkness. I don't know. I just hope this ends up being the right choice of the right time.
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