(Linked to here.) It might be worth pointing out that my answer to this–whether it were 1989 or 2004–would be “of course”: “Do you believe that gay men and women should have the same civil rights as non-gay men and women?” In other words, her answer isn’t a big deal.

Gay marriage I’d consider something different–requiring a redefinition of marriage itself. And in 1989, anyway, would a Dallas city council candidate be thinking about that issue?