From the
NY Times:
White House officials say that Mr. Bush will not speak out about the amendment banning gay marriage in his political trips around the country and will leave his five-minute Roosevelt Room announcement as his major show on the issue.
That was obvious at a political fund-raiser in Louisville, Ky., last week, when Mr. Bush never once used the words "gay marriage" in his stump speech. His only allusion to it was a line about judges who have cleared the way for gay marriages in some states.
To me, this is nuts. By announcing his support for the amendment, he has killed whatever gay support he had and energized gay opposition. Not discussing his support of the amendment isn't going to win them back. If Dubya doesn't campaign for it and the amendment loses (as it probably will), he will piss off all of the social conservatives who this was suppose to make happy. Lastly, if Dubya announces support for the amendment then walks away from it, Kerry has a ready answer to any accusations of waffling.