Enwe says that today's CP post on why many conservatives vote Republican is "too conservative," so she's decided not to link to it.
The post is definitely flawed. For one thing, it includes this claim:
The dilution of the institutional protection of marriage through marriage-like civil unions for unmarried couples is exactly the wrong step to take. Here again, it is the Republican party that aligns with the conservative position.
Bush has said, more than once, that he would support, or would be willing to permit, civil unions for gay couples. My impression is that the Republican party is somewhat torn on this issue. Some Republicans oppose civil unions for the same reasons they oppose gay marriage, but other Republicans seem to think that civil unions would be an acceptable compromise with gay marriage proponents. The issue is complicated, I think, and RCK fails to take account of its complexity. This tendency to oversimplify persists throughout RCK's post.
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