"Dean, the former governor of Vermont, drew a strong following from gay activists across the country when he took a lead role in pushing through the Vermont Legislature the nation's first civil unions bill. But when he ran for president last year, he disappointed some gay activists by declaring his opposition to same-sex marriage, saying he preferred that Congress recognize civil unions laws passed by the states."
http://www.washblade.com/2005/2-18/news/national/deanwoo.cfm
To quote VP Gore from his moveon.org speech, "HELLO??!?!?!"
More to the point, why are we allowing ourselves to be splintered by these non-issues? I call them non-issues because we are freaking out over positions that haven't changed.
Dean's stance on the Iraq war never changed. And yet last week many were up in arms over it.
Kerry's position on gay marriage never changed. And yet here we are again, up in arms over it.
Somewhere, Karl Rove is laughing his big ol' tubby ass off over this.