It's also important to note that while it would be nice if Republicans didn't have to deal with issues like gay marriage now, failure to deal with such issues immediately makes it much harder to deal with them later.
supercat wrote: "It's also important to note that while it would be nice if Republicans didn't have to deal with issues like gay marriage now, failure to deal with such issues immediately makes it much harder to deal with them later."
Agreed. I think we've learned a lot from the abortion issue. That's why social conservatives are considering something as unprecedented as a constitutional amendment to stop gay marriage. Frankly, it's probably only a matter of time before a court rules gay marriage must be accepted nationwide under the full faith and credit clause. Shoot, I'm not sure even a constitutional amendment will stop them after the way the SCOTUS did an end run around Congress on the Geneva Convention ruling. How much longer will Americans suck it up as the courts seize powers not granted by the Constitution? It's been going on for decades!