Anyone here who opposes gay marriage is going to have to come up with something besides bible thumping to counter the warm-and-fuzzies that readers of this column are going to feel when reading it. There is a difference in heterosexual couples between just living together, and being married, otherwise, we wouldn't prefer the latter. There is a societal acceptance of a married couple that the unmarried just don't participate in, and gay couples are challenging society to give them that. Liberal America has long been waiting to do this, and Middle America is being courted. Lists of diseases threatening the promiscuous of all orientations are not going to overcome the appeal to Middle America's sense of justice on this.
My point is, right now, gays are making the stronger case in the media. Yes, conservatives are rallying their own troops, and pushing up the periphery of their poll numbers on the issue, but the gay side is fighting back, and Price's column is one salvo in the battle. If, indeed, gay marriage becomes the issue in next year's election, rather than national defense or the economy, then Rats and their liberal media supporters have an issue to demonize the Republicans on.