Precisely. The downside on this issue is that Bush's inner circle, and the leadership of the GOP, are closer to Goodman's position than they are to ours.
This is what big tents get you. No message, no voice, and only uncertain and hesitating leadership on critical issues. Even with a thrown gauntlet staring him in the face, even with an obviously activist Supreme Court up to its old Warren-Court tricks in Lawrence, Bush still wants the gay vote. Never mind that 4,000,000 evangelicals and fundamentalists sat out the 2000 election, because of his uncertain trumpet and his catering to the gays.
Were you aware that Mary Matalin had explicitly endorsed gay marriage as a "duh" issue during Campaign 2000 to the gays Dubya was courting? That she was quoted on it?