"I keep hearing gays say that but every time it 's put to a vote , you lose . I 'd say that it 's time to try another tact because the current one is a losing proposition . The only thing forcing gay marriage on a population does is galvanize them against the forced action . And when they respond on the ballot , they do so punatively . Just wait until you see the repercussions of the current efforts to give ALL Federal Employee 's same sex partners bennies on OUR DIME despite DOMA . I 'm guessing that some additional Democratic heads will roll in the fall election if that flies . You need a PR strategy that highlights the advantages of gay unions over bathhouse and gay bar existences . I believe that a true majority of people would support civil unions but NOT marriage . And I count myself amongst that majority ."
"Actually JP so far 5 states have passed gay marriage so no not every time it is put to a vote do we lose . And how am I forcing anyone to accept gay marriage ? Am I forcing these voters to attend my wedding or dare I say be in a marriage themselves ? And I can not agree with you more about changing the image of the gay community as a whole .. We are not all a bunch of promiscuous sex crazed people running around ... What I find funny is once strait people find out how boring we really are , and how we pay taxes just like every other joe schmo they 'll think nothing more of special rights lol ... But actually like I stated earlier in another thread if those unions constituted the same legal rights as married couples I would be content ."
"I 'd say that it 's time to try another tact because the current one is a losing proposition"
"And how am I forcing anyone to accept gay marriage"