Yes, I think you're probably right - which is a bit depressing! That old chestnut of "If X is given more rights, those rights must have been taken away from Y," didn't even make sense in the sixties. We're supposed to be smarter now. The notion of allowing gay people to serve openly in the military seems to have terrified/infuriated the hard line conservatives. They're really up in arms over the health care issue as well, which baffles me. Coming from a country that has had a National Health Service for sixty years now, I can't for the life of me see why anybody would want to avoid having one too. Especially when the hard right all claim to be Christians, who surely should be all about sharing their wealth with those less well off than themselves.

I feel rather sorry for Obama. He's not even remotely radical - he's actually pretty boring - and yet he's become this figure for hate. I don't like to think it's because he's black, but I can't see any other reason why he'd be inspiring such a reaction.