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7/8/2006 2:24:26 AM

The End Of Gay Marriage

 TCF has long argued that civil unions were the more prudent of alternatives on the gay marriage question, and only if the gay community was hell bent on making it our first and only priority. Domestic partnership benefits, fair housing/employment measures I believe are the more pressing of issues. However, such misplaced priorities are a product of an arrogant, naïve leadership typical of an entitled American mindset that knows no sexual preference.

 The majority opinion by the New York Supreme Court against gay marriage presumed ‘societal goals’ were grounded solely in the ‘argument’ that straight parents are better than gay parents, although no studies have measured any difference in the development of such children raised alternatively, at this point. However, given that the legal setback is disappointing, TCF believes there’s finally a sliver lining to the decision.

 Those of us on the Left should now spin this as an end to this costly wedge issue and concede that, for the time being, the American people - through the independent judicial branch that reflects their values – have spoken on the issue.

 Gay Marriage may never happen in my lifetime and I really don’t care to be perfectly honest. As a gay man, I do have other priorities and causes that would improve my life, rather than focusing on having the right to have such an elusive commitment as recognizable and lawful.

 The Democratic Party needs to now move past this divisive issue insisting that there are more important matters to solve. Social Conservatives will boast that this is a major setback to the ‘Homosexual Agenda’. Yet, ask Karl Rove if he may just have lost a key part of his political arsenal come the November Mid-Terms.

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