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Look, the Republicans won this one because of the bogeyman called Gay Marriage and how it would destroy Traditional Marriage.
Let's say you're a man married to a woman and gay marriage was legal. One morning you wake up to find that gay-marriage couples had purchased the houses on either side of yours--a male couple to the left and a female couple to the right. Did your traditional marriage just collapse? Your marriage license suddenly become invalid? Of course not. The Republicans would like you to believe that it would; in fact, it's just the opposite--if you're not gay, gay marriage has no influence on your life.
Now let's say you're a man married to a woman and your job went to China. The stress caused by having no money causes you to fight with your wife and she eventually leaves you over it. Did your traditional marriage just collapse? Yes.
We didn't lose because we believe in your family; we lost because we let the Republicans steal the debate. We let the Republicans define us as the party who wants your wife to leave you for a torrid lesbian love affair while you stay at home and French kiss the cute guy who works in Accounting.
Bill Clinton would have made Bush eat his gay marriage shit. "We don't support gay marriage either, but Mr. Bush doesn't support your job. I bought this Bush-Cheney t-shirt to show it to you--I wouldn't wear it because it's ugly and the seams are coming apart. It was made in Macau. Mr. Bush, there are t-shirt factories right here in America; why do you hate the American worker?"
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