Rick Santorum

Saw the Rickster on the Daily Show last night. Interesting. He was better than I expected. But what struck me the most was the shift in argument. Opponents of gay marriage, like Santorum, now argue that they are just defending traditional marrage. He said last night that the government should promote the ideal, and that is traditional marriage.

But before gay marriage was on the table, these same people were out campaigning and raising money to stop the "gay agenda." They have a real credibility gap here. They aren't just against gay marriage, they don't want people to be gay.

Speaking of that, did anyone see the 30 Days episode on homosexuality? It was pretty good. It is still incredibly hard for me to dismiss the experience of these men and women who, when they were younger, would have done anything to be straight and accepted. They would have loved to be in love with the opposite sex. But they weren't.

Santorum is running a con here. He says he is just against gay marriage, but conservative Christians don't want anyone to be gay. But as I wrote last year, all they are doing is succeeding in insuring that gays dislike them and the evangelical church. They aren't stopping anyone from being gay. Just stopping those who are from being accepted and loved.