I was struck by two things as I read my RSS feed [this] morning. First, so much of the current political dialogue is all about prediction. As if there is some prize other than an ego boost for correctly guessing about how the results of any election will be affected by some individual thing that happens today. Screw any real analysis of what something truly  means and focus on the prediction.

The gay press isn’t quite as bad as the mainstream press, but even here it happens, as polls are reported concerning the various ballot initiatives this November. It as if we want to get to “won” already. Of course we do. We have denied our equality too long, and we want to be winning, so we assume by prediction that won is a done deal.

Some will argue with my premise. That suggesting we are winning is a tactic to keep supporters motivated and engaged in the fight. That makes much sense and yet we risk getting to won, if it seems so inevitable.

On the other hand, there are signs that we really are winning and our fight being successful when we consider the voices supporting our efforts. [Today] I read that Dear Abby has come out against the discriminatory MN anti gay marriage amendment. I grew up on Dear Abby and she represents the average American household to mer and to many. She is Everywife and Everymother for the whole of our American culture. She is connected to today, and at the same time speaks to and for middle America and those we think of when we think of the status quo mainstream family. When Dear Abby is on your side it means something!

I love her post because it reframes the issue of how to vote. She asks her readers to consider how they want to be treated. That Golden Rule so many of us learned in Sunday School, and a way of being that is so absent from much of the religious rhetoric of today. She also connects the two sides of Marriage together in a wonderful way. On the one hand, marriage is about a legal protection provided by a legal contract recognized as valid by our government. On the other hand, marriage is about joining the person you love in a committed relationship.

Thanks “Dear Abby”!

http://www.bilerico.com/2012/10/dear_abby_has_marriage_advice_for_minnesota.php#more