It must be hard to be a politically active gay right now. The far right has made the dismantling of gay rights a front burner issue and the Democrats are only slightly less hostile to the movement. They're not willing to lift a finger to help the gays. This brings up what should be a natural question. Why do gays continue to be smitten to the Democratic party? There's a piece about the topic here that reflects some of the frustration within the gay community. Andrew Sullivan sees the same problems.
The gay argument seems to be "Bush is horrible and Kerry will be just as bad but he's not Bush." Sounds familiar doesn't it? The typical liberal mantra, willing to accept mediocrity. Neither candidate is going to do anything for the gay community and both have said that they oppose gay marriage. Therefore, there is no true benefit in the gays supporting Kerry. This gets to the shame of the affair, the gay community is allowing itself to be nothing more than a tool and a patsy to the Democratic party. They will blindly vote for Kerry just because they don't like Bush. Never mind that it won't make a shred of difference.
If gays really wanted to make a statement that counted then they should come together and refuse to vote for either party until one party or the other decides to actively pursue gay interests. The loss of millions of possible votes would force the Democrats to confront the issue and decide one way or the other. Currently, their position is even more reprehensible then the Republicans. At least the Republicans argue that their belief system concerning faith, family, and society form their argument against gay marriage. The Democrats claim to believe that homosexuality is a completely acceptable lifestyle but refuse to treat gays as equal human beings in policy matters. That is a far less tenable position.
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