I don't think that I am being contraversial if I were to say that gay marriage/ civil unions/ whatever is a divisive topic.
I would also feel safe to say that social liberals would be more likely to support of this type of thing than social conservatives. Let me also clarify that social liberals are more likely to vote Democrat, while social conservatives vote Republican.
Being such a divisive issue, I can't understand why any socially liberal groups would push this hot-button issue during an election year. Maybe I am not up on my current events, but if this whole contraversy is a reaction to something, then the catalyst was certainly well-timed.
In an election year, is it possible that the anti-gay vote is being energized by this recent series of contraversies? (I'd assume that President Bush would get most of that vote.) I smell a conspiracy.
Issues aside, I feel that the timing of this whole flap is a bit suspicious.