Quote from whitster:
zzz, as usual is wrong
there are plenty of people who are atheists, agnostic, etc. and certainly not "religious right" who have views opposing gay marriage
they can range from views that the govt. should not endorse gay marriage, to views that they should, etc.
while many obviously get their views from religion, there are compelling non-religious arguments, from a hayekian or burke'an standpoint as well vis a vis gay marriage.
dean wasn't pandering to anybody. he was just being his idiotic self and talking about something he is ignorant on, going off script, and then having to retract his idiocy.
you would think the frigging spokesman for the dem party would actually bother to check on basic policy position on issues as crucial and controversial as this
again, that would be a prudent person in the position's desire at least