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By: CHRIS CRAIN COMMENTS
 
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rather than sooner if we don’t actually ask it of them.
The Democrats certainly won Round 1 of the great gay marriage debate, but
what about Round 2?
If “pro-gay” senators won’t defend our equality or our dignity
even when they have the votes in the bag, what can we expect when their arguments
about the Defense of Marriage Act don’t work anymore? Because someday
soon, DOMA will be struck down; or marriage laws will be opened up to gay couples
in other states on their own.
The Human Rights Campaign squandered more than $1 million — that’s
million — on advertisements that never even mentioned the “G” word
and instead tried to change the subject to taxes and Iraq.
At some point, the debate finally will get around to the legitimacy of our
relationships and our equality under the law. Precious opportunities to engage
the public are passing us by, and scarce dollars are being wasted.
Yet there is no sign of political courage on the horizon. In four of the five
Senate races where the FMA has become an issue, Democrats neutralized it by
promising to vote in favor of it.
We will not trick our way to equality, while everyone is looking the other
way. The case for our freedom to marry is a strong one, and it’s way
past time we started making it.
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