[Howlin]

Actually, I think he's right on that one; it was gay marriage that brought out the voters in the states where it was on the ballot.

[Howlin]

Luis, are you Catholic?

[Luis Gonzalez]

Gay marriage was ONE of the issues that brought out the voters, we had no gay marriage issue in the Florida ballot, and we had a record turnout here as well.

The issues were Iraq, the war on terror, national security, Kerry's liberal Senate record, his betrayal of Vietnam vets, and morality. All these issues contributed to the record turnout. What some are now trying to do, is lay claim to the victory in order to use that claim as political capital.

What truly brought out record numbers of voters was a rejection of the Democratic Party's liberal, anti-American agenda.

[JeffAtlanta]

Actually, I think he's right on that one; it was gay marriage that brought out the voters in the states where it was on the ballot.

There is no evidence that it helped elect Bush. All of the eleven states that had it on the ballot had the same presidential outcome as in 2000. The ban passed in Michigan and Oregon and Bush still lost those states.

The states that did swing to the other side (New Hampshire, Iowa and New Mexico) did not have gay marriage bans on the ballot.