Ah, another hit piece by the NYT. Trying to cut into the Presidents base.
Think a whole lot of his "base" is reading the NYT?
And if any of his "base" is such a rabid single-issue nutjob they would not vote for Bush solely because he'd leave civil union laws up to the states, I'm frankly surprised they'd have the brainpower to even read a newspaper.
If anything this article will help Bush.