This issue will not divide Bush's base. We know the alternative is a liberal and we're not fools.
Whoa! Go back and read what I've said. I never said this would divide Bush's base - other posters have said that. Not me. I already stated he's got my vote no matter what. The only thing I said even remotely like that was that I know people who are voting for Bush mainly because of this issue and that's the truth. Would you prefer I lied?
I don't think that me saying that gay marriage is an abomination is inflammatory unless there are a lot of gays here in which case I apologize but I stand by my statement. It's what I believe, and I view civil unions the same.
I still don't see why it was wrong for me to post this. If anything, it helps with planning a counter-offensive to this story if it gets around.
It may be true that gay marriage is their 'hot button' issue. It's most likely also true that abortion is a big issue for those same individuals.
No one who has either of both of these things as hot button issues would ever vote for Kerry. I suspect these folks you are thinking of will still be voting for Bush.