Look for Bush to work behind the scenes, as he did in Texas, to assure that no gay legislation lands on his desk. But the worst damage Bush can do is in the courts, where his appointments will make an already conservative federal bench even less likely to consider gay rights. Ralph Nader's assertion that the courts don't matter much is about to land on us. The implicit embrace of these priorities by major elements of the left is ominous for anyone who thinks race and sex are as central as class to radical politics. Nader has made it cool to be a social conservative of the left.
Most gay activists understand that homophobia exists across the political spectrum.
Seeing our oppression for what it is and taking it seriously has more to do with empathy than with any political ideology. So it could be that, in the coming year, gays will find heroes in unlikely places. Maybe even in the Boy Scouts. Tell us what you think.