Republican Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania gave a short talk on the importance of excluding gays from marriage. He basically argued that gays should be denied marriage because unmarried poor straight fathers abandon their children. Huh? That's an important problem that should be addressed, but how does denying the benefits and responsibilities of marriage to committed gay or lesbian couples affect the marriage rates among poor heteros? It doesn't. Sen. Santorum seems to want to require by law that the very tragedy he cites is forced on the children of gay or lesbian couples. This is yet another case where gay marriage should be encouraged, not discouraged.
Sen. Santorum did attempt to throw the gay community a bone when he noted that gays have suggested that divorce is a bigger threat to marriage than gays or lesbians. He is right to want to reduce the divorce rate. Let's do that for everyone, not just heteros.
In a separate segment of CSPAN's CPAC coverage, the Ohio Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, who opposes gay marriage, responded to a question about the possibility of dialog with Log Cabin (a group of gay Republicans) on the issue of banning gay marriage. In his contradictory response, he basically said that the Republican party was open to dialog, but that he would not entertain any other position on the issue. Does the Secretary know what 'dialog' means?
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