Reply #4: I don't agree Prodemsouth [View All]

The gay marriage issue has to be framed properly, as one of keeping the government out of our personal lives and as having nothing to do with one's individual religion. If it's framed properly, then I think the religious right and liberals will sort of cancel each other out, leaving the battle for the presidency where it usual is, among moderate suburbanites.

Many suburbanites are closet sympathizers with gays because they have gay children, for instance. And many of these people will be turned off if the right wing is too nasty, which they're sure to be. A CNN poll shows that most young people support gay marriage. Most old people, I believe, will not consider this the main issue. And those people who do consider this the main issue already know who they're going to vote for. Civil rights galvanized the Democratic Party once. It has a chance of doing it again, but it has to be played carefully.