Reply #10: You're underestimating [View All]

how much of an impact homosexuality has on the electorate.

The GOP has been able to turn this wedge issue into one of the most pressing concerns affecting certain voters.

It was especially effective in mobilizing right wing churches to get out the vote.

That said, I'm not at all interested in pandering to bigots and we certainly shouldn't compromise in atleast first getting all the rights under traditional marriage to gays and lesbians.

That said, there is something about the word "marriage" that sets many off. I don't get it myself. I personally support gay marriage 100%, but as another poster said, it'd be better changing all marriages to civil unions and leave "marriage" as a matter of religious definition.