Kevin McCullough
Monday, Mar. 08, 2004

1. Those on the left have already successfully hi-jacked the language on the issue.

When the President spoke recently about the institution of marriage and the need for a Constitutional Amendment the words "gay marriage" were never uttered. Not once in the little over seven minute speech did the President refer to "gay marriage".

The same amendment would also ban "incest marriage", "threesome marriage", "pedophile marriage", and the ever popular "anything that you can think of other than one woman and one man marriage." Marriage is an institution, authorized by God, recognized for a specific purpose by the state. To create any other arrangement and call it marriage - ceases to make it marriage.

2. "Gay Marriage" proponents believe that the time to press on is now. No one can quite figure out why. But since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down Texas v. Lawrence the codeword has been "operation go".

A state-wide case now cleared in Massachusetts, a rogue mayor in San Francisco, then the mayor's in Illinois, New York, Oregon, New Mexico, and Michigan all began itching to bring "gay marriage" to their respective areas. Certainly if the base of voters who believe that sanctioning homosexual behavior is unhealthy and even immoral were to become energized, the results would be disastrous for Kerry and the Democratic Party.

3. African American communities are not appreciative of the "co-opting" of the civil rights message being pimped by homosexual radicals. In seeming record numbers in recent days, on my talk show in New York City, African Americans are bemoaning the illegitimate comparisons of privileged and elite homosexuals to the African American experience in the march towards civil rights.

Callers who were mere weeks ago arguing with me about the economy or the War on Terror and choosing to agreeably disagree, are now saying very different things. A caller last week said, "I'm an African American woman, and I'm talking to everyone in my church and community about the issue of marriage, and as far as I'm concerned - President Bush has three votes in my house."

The implications are clear, while some in the civil rights movement have tried to marry the black and homosexual communities, African American's want none of it.

4. The onslaught will continue, and lawlessness will be admired. The complete disregard for what the law says concerning state's rights and voter's rights in recent days is appalling yet nary a word is written in the media about the problems that the lawlessness presents.

The message by the lawbreakers then becomes - "keep on doing what we're doing". The initial excuse presented by the New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer - a democrat, was that "he probably wouldn't win" if he took the matter to the courts. The reaction by the Attorney General in California was "the Governor is not the boss of me".

What makes the California case particularly damning is that it flies directly in the face of the voters of that state. In one fell swoop a mayor disenfranchised the will of the entire State of California.

5. Many of those who seem inept in dealing with the matter are so because of pragmatic political aspirations.

Let's face it the democrat Mayor of San Francisco wishes to be reelected. Gay Lobbyist dollars in San Francisco are huge. So does 26-year-old, still wet behind the ears, mayor of New Paltz, New York. Even though he faces 19 criminal charges for performing illegal marriages, he vows to continue to marry another 25 couples this weekend.

And then there is the chief political pragmatist of his day - John Kerry - a democrat. Kerry was one of only 14 senators who voted against the "Defense of Marriage Act". Even President Bill Clinton supported the law. John Kerry supports the radical gay movement in every way. His record speaks for itself.

6. The battle is not lost.

In New York on Tuesday the Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer - a democrat, was on record has having defied the state law of New York. He stated that he did not feel compelled to act to enforce the law.

By Wednesday morning, due in part to the efforts of thousands of my listeners dialing, faxing, and emailing, their outrage at this publicly elected official refusing to perform his duty, Eliot Spitzer reversed course. Where only 24 hours previously there was much ambiguity in his mind concerning the letter of the law, AG Spitzer was forced to see the matter with greater clarity.

If law abiding citizens were to do the same in California, New Mexico, Illinois, and Oregon - similar results would soon follow.

We need "steady leadership in times of change". Will you be one to help provide it?

Kevin McCullough is heard daily in New York City, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware on AM 570 WMCA and AM 970 WWDJ from 1-4pm, other stations adding soon. Feedback, Public Speaking, Pundit debate write KMC at kmc@wmca.com. Read KMC daily on his web-log at http://kmc.crosswalk.com. For information on how to bring "The Kevin McCullough Show" to a station near you call Dave Armstrong at 201.298.5700.