This is an email I wrote to Andrew Sullivan.
As a gay man I understand the hurt that is coursing through the gay community at the moment. As you highlighted, it is coursing on the other side too [pro-lifers and other evangelicals] and based on what I have read and what I know about that community, having lived in it, they feel the same sense of betrayal.
What Obama is saying is calculated and it is very clear. We are going to need to work with people with whom we disagree on a few issues for the common good. He highlighted what he shared in common with Warren. We need to put those lens back on. Share vs. division.
Republicans have used these relatively minor issues – and objection to gay marriage truly only effects the Keynsian 10% of the US population – to divert us from the GINORMOUS problems this country faces. Before we get our panties in a bunch, we need to think about where are are AS A NATION. We are in the midst of a financial and social crisis not seen since the Depression. We have been buffeted with winds that have destabilized the basics of life – food, energy and housing. Some asswipe just stole $50 billion dollars from hard working people and he still gets to walk the streets of Park Avenue. Because of him and many others, there is a crisis of faith in our financial system, which has been the key to the success of this country for many many years.
Gay marriage is important but all of us having jobs in a smooth running economy is FAR more important. If I can't put food on my table, gay marriage means nothing to me. I imagine many many Americans feel the same.
Gays are a minority and like other minorities, at this time in our country's history, we need to be part of the majority – Americans.
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