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You shouldn't call him a Commie.
That's not nice.
As pope, you should be warm and fuzzy.
As far as gay marriage, it is a wonderful rhetoric issue, a good us versus them sort of a thing.
Marriage would be very nice thank you, but all things considered, not getting fired again is a bit higher up on my list. It is a lot harder for extremists to challenge the employment, accom, etc sorts of protection, so for their argument it is better to jump past them to marriage. I'd also be happy to focus on having the same rights conveyed by marriage for the moment. The word marriage is a difficult one for a lot of people. It will remain so until more gay people come out, and more of mainstream america actually sees us in relationships that aside from having two people of the same sex, look much the same as theirs. These things take time. Most Americans are not ready yet. 10 or so years from now people will shrug and wonder what the fuss was about.
It's going to get very nasty, and if the extreme right can't keep itself from attacking gay people (as opposed to gay marriage) they are probably going to have a problem. And from personal experience, the extreme right cannot help but attack gay people. It is like some kind of hobby or something.
You know, immoral, recruiting children, sinners, etc etc etc.
If I weren't gay I would probably find it amusing. Since I am, I find it painful.
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