Some GOP strategists are urging the party to take up the religious right's banner and make opposition to gay marriage -- and support for a constitutional amendment banning government recognition of gay relationships -- into a major campaign issue, the Washington Post reports. I think the article overstates the likelihood of this, as Bush is well aware that the social right's "culture war" help undo his father's re-election. But if "activating the base" comes to be seen as crucial, it could happen. As they say, those who do not learn from history...
Social Security Reform: Good for Gays.
The Cato Institute's Social
Security Project website explains how incorporating personal
retirement accounts into Social Security would "create clear
property rights for individuals in which they can bequeath
contributions to their family members, regardless of state or
federal legality of their union." Currently, only legal spouses can
inherit your accumulated benefits, regardless of any civil union or
domestic partnership relationship. Kudos to Cato for recognizing
how reforming the system, which is fiercely opposed by most
Democrats and liberal-left activists, would be a boon for
gays.