Reply #33: You are right... [View All]

While I would never call for any kind of embrace of the truly "Radical Religious Right", we do have to realize that a lot of these "Moral Values Voters" are not fire-breathing Fundies but people who, in their way of thinking, are feeling belittled and mocked because of their faith.

As a nation, we have always been a little afraid of change and society is changing, wether any of us like it or not. Gay marriage will be legalized, just as inter-racial marriage was legalized a generation ago. While the truly Radical Right will continue to use "Taditional Marriage" as a euphemism for Vitriolic Homophobia, many perople in this country fear gay marriage because they have never actually met a gay person (that they know of).

We, as a party, also don't do ourselves any favors by tying ourselves to Hollywood. Take Madonna, for example. Sure, she's a fantastic entertainer. Here in Middle America, however, a lot of people still think of her as the floozie who made the kinky videos and put out a nudie book starring herself.

I'm just afraid that if we, as a party, continue to disregard all concerns about morality we will doom ourselves to minority status for a generation. Like it or not, people do care about public morality.