The Difference Between Winning And Not Losing

By Kleinheider Posted on August 11, 2008 at 7:17 am

Chris Sanders argues that exposing politician’s hypocrisy on matters of sex and marriage isn’t necessarily the best course to achieve certain policy goals:

More than a few preachers and politicians fighting marriage equality have played around outside marriage. But exposing them all is never going to be enough to get legislatures around the country to adopt same-sex marriage. Lawmakers and the public are going to have to get comfortable with the idea and be convinced that it’s the right thing to do. Putting your opponents in the penalty box gets you a few points and buys you time, but it doesn’t win the game. Both sides in our public debates ought to consider well before they crow too loudly about these family matters.

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