For Sullivan homosexuality trumps war and peace, all his martial, patriotic statements post-911 notwithstanding. Over the years I've spied on occasion a deeply flawed character beneath Sullvan's formidable intellect. This whole thing about gay marriage has just brought those flaws to the surface like never before.
I'll never read him again, and I'm quite content. I know who he is now, and I'm not interested any longer in what he thinks.
I agree completely with all of this.
Sullivan should be too smart to make gay marriage the
centerpiece of his political thinking, but unfortunately
he seems to do exactly that. And I do think there is a flawed character there. Sullivan understands intellectually the pre-eminence of the war on terror and Bush's superiority on the issue. But he won't let it trump gay rights.