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I think the GOP picked the wrong victim with Terri Schiavo. Much as they vilified Michael Schiavo, it is undisputed that he is male.

Zoe's post on Maryland's pending legislation on partners' rights regarding medical treatment made me realize that DeLay could have really energized the base, and maybe gotten less of a political backlash, if he'd waited for a case where the courts had permitted a same-sex partner to make the decision to disconnect the feeding tube against the wishes of Ma and Pa, themselves monogamously and heterosexually married for 40 years or so.

Even if Michael Schiavo had actually been Michelle, I think that for maximum effect the GOP should still have waited for a male couple. Perhaps one where the villian had been photographed in his younger days in leather or maybe in something outrageous at a Pride parade.



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