Digby:

These people want to dictate how you live your private life. They want to tell you who you can marry, how to raise your kids, what religion to practice (and you must practice it) and what "values" you must hold. And they want to use the strong arm of the government to do it. Sure, there are problems in our society. Yes we are living in a fast paced society in which it is difficult to raise children and the world is changing so quickly that it's hard to keep your balance sometimes. But most Americans don't wish for others to make decisions for them about how to live their day to day lives, regardless of the challenges. It's just not the American character.

If in the next 72 hours, the Democratic leadership can't take that paragraph and use it as a manifesto for the direction of our party in the next election cycle, we're so fucked. The christo-fascists want it all, and they want it yesterday...there's not going to be a better opportunity to seize the day. Because if nothing else, the republicans will learn from their mistakes here and next time they will frame the discussion so there's not room for discussion. Believe it.