> Unless this is a dictionary attack where you're over-parsing "homophobic" as something other than "anti-gay" well first of all, it's not pedantic to point ou

> Unless this is a dictionary attack where you're over-parsing "homophobic" as something other than "anti-gay" well first of all, it's not pedantic to point out that that word is being abused. second, we're not dealing with "anti-gay", but with "anti-gay marriage" - which, as has been pointed out, was the mainstream position for most of America until just a few years ago, and the mainstream position for both Democratic and Republican candidates until even more recently.