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November 09, 2004
Look out LOGO TV! The post-election analysis of gay activists Mary Bonauto and Marty Rouse sees a grim future ahead ... for cable television.
What about the political landscape? According to Bonauto and Rouse, guns and abortion were really the major moral issues. The only thing missing to back that claim up are the widespread ballot measures, rallies, direct mail pieces to church membership, conservatives touring nationally, national boycotts by the nation's largest Protestant denomination, U.S. Congressional Republican Policy reports, federal attempts to amend the United States constitution, nationally recognized awareness weeks backed by President Bush, overwhelming media attention, and efforts eclipsing the hard work of Bonauto and Rouse on any other moral issue. All of those events occurred within the past year alone over the issue of "gay marriage."
Isn't it time to accept the facts and proactively change our movement's focus to funding the dirty work outside our blue safe holds?
Did the voters cite "moral values" as they left their polling places? Yes, but abortion and guns were cited more often than marriage, and it appears that those voters were equally troubled by the Viagra ads that play during "Everyone Loves Raymond." Cable television and its programming also took a big hit. Is it any surprise, then, that simplifying the results to marriage makes it easier if you happen to be an industry lobbyist in Washington or work with a right-wing institution?
[Gay marriage is not to blame - Boston Globe - 11-09-04]
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