Of course, Michael Barone himself is part of the GOP establishment, a stalwart fan of gay marriage who would be glad to see Mitt Romney join Team Obama in support of it. When I read stuff like this, Karl Rove comes immediately to mind.
Instead of concentrating and commenting on the article you bitch about the author? *rme*
He'd probably say something like, "well, almost all of my friends and family think gay's should be allowed to marry and also some of my friends' kids are gay and I just think that allowing them to wed their partners, isn't a threat to the rest of us."