From an old e-buddy:

Your post was right, but let’s not “leave gay marraige out of this for a
moment.” Because it seems undeniable (at least, no partisans on either
side are arguing it) that Bush won re-election on the votes of people whose
primary concern was gay marriage, abortion, and other “values”
issues. While you, most of NRO, and most especially the right-wing
bloggers were focused on foreign policy issues as the reason to vote for
Bush, they apparently had little to do with why he won. Doesn’t that
bother and/or worry you a little? (It should worry the leftist bloggers
even more, of course.) Is banning gay marriage really _that_
important? And doesn’t Bush owe those folks a lot more than he owes the hawks?