>The real point of that line was that he thought such issues as
>gay marriage and pro-choice were _duh_ issues, of _course_ women
>should have the right to choose, of _course_ gay couples should be
>able to marry, lets move on to the real meaty issues of corporate
>control of politics. When the media only gives him 30 seconds of air
>time he's gotta focus on what he thinks is most important and he feels
>these simple issues are a smoke screen used to distract americans from
>the more pressing issues of corporate control (because that corporate
>control is controling these other issues).
I don't think sexual issues are as marginal and secondary as you & Nader do. They're deeply materialist, operating at the most fundamental levels of who we are - and who's fully human and who isn't. I just don't buy this either/or thing, either - that somehow "social" issues are distractions from the "real" issues. They're all real issues. Nader, however, is a joyless character from whom whole registers of human life seem missing. He would think gonads are marginal.
Doug