Here we go again.
Howard Dean is coming under fire from GLBT groups for recent sucking up to Evangelicals.
Gay rights groups reacted angrily Wednesday to Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean's televised comments to an audience of evangelicals that his party's platform defines marriage as between one man and one woman.1
Whence the shock? I just don't get it. He didn't say anything that hasn't already been said by Democratic politicians—over and over and over. I don't understand the faith that GLBT groups seem to place in Democratic politicians. Kerry never took a stand on gay marriage when it really counted. He pandered to whatever group he happened to be addressing. If he was addressing a conservative crowd he touted marriage between on man and one woman. If he was talking to a gay crowd he touted his opposition to a Constitutional amendment.
The Democratic Party remains committed to equal protection under the law for all Americans," [Dean] said in a written statement.
"How we achieve that goal continues to be the subject of a contentious debate, but our party continues to oppose constitutional amendments that seek to short-circuit the debate on how to achieve equality for all Americans."1
Do you see "We unequivocally support gay marriage" in there? I don't. I don't see that anything has changed. I don't understand why GLBT groups think Democrats are going to champion their causes which remain unpopular. Gays and lesbians are a political liability and will be sacrificed in the name of political expediency every time.
Nor do I understand why Democrats are trying to mollify self-righteous busybodies instead of pressing the point that you don't have to be a self-righteous busybody, constantly meddling in the lives of others, to be a person of faith and conscience. But then no one has ever accused the Democrats of being great strategists.