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Re-thinking the Politics of the Family: Part III
- Dissent
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Volume 52, Number 2, Spring 2005 (whole No. 219)
- pp. 85-86
- 10.1353/dss.2005.0028
- Article
- Additional Information
The post-election stress disorder afflicting Blue Americans (wherever we live) continues four months after the election. We still obsess about what went wrong. Was gay marriage the determining factor? Moral values in general? Was it the threat of terrorism? Did we suffer from a flawed candidate and a poorly managed campaign? How can we be more successful in 2006 and 2008, or are we doomed to remain a minority party overwhelmed at the polls by a rising tide of religious fervor and social conservatism?