DEMS NEED TO CALL BLUFF OF ANTI-GAY CROWD: Deb Price

...How can the mousy Democrats get off the defensive and outfox their deceitful rivals?

Unmask the amend-the-Constitution crowd that bogusly claims not to have an anti-gay agenda. Expose them for what they are -- way out of step with mainstream America on guaranteeing all Americans essential legal protections. ...

The Senate Democrats' new leadership team ought to use its fresh start to get "the gay thing" right: Seize the national spotlight by making every senator vote on a host of everyday protections that most Americans want those of us who're gay to share.

Call the bluff of Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist, who helped trap the Democrats in their "Groundhog Day" misery by cornering them on marriage. Call his bluff by saying, "Want to talk about gay couples? Fine, let's vote on whether to protect gay families from job bias. Let's vote on whether it's right to continue to levy an extra tax on gay couples' joint health insurance. Let's vote on whether it's moral to leave gay parents vulnerable when a child needs emergency surgery."

By getting away with talking about gay couples only in terms of the lightning rod marriage issue, the amend-the-Constitution gang keeps Democrats and moderate Republicans quivering, creates the false impression that gay Americans already enjoy every protection short of marriage, and camouflages how anti-gay the gang tends to be.

Imagine how hollow it would sound for amend-the-Constitution senators to claim "I don't have anything against homosexuals" if they had to defend such votes as continuing to allow Social Security to exclude elderly gay couples from its protective safety net.

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