Shock: Even Conservative Texans Can Separate Personal From Political

Texas-based reporter James McKinley Jr. is evidently unable to process the idea that a vote against elevating gay marriage to the same status as heterosexual marriage isn't actually the same thing as bigoted opposition to gays themselves.

In his condescending Monday story "In Voting Booth, Gay Candidates Get Support That Gay Causes May Not," McKinley called that common-sense distinction a "contradiction" and seemed surprised that voters in Texas, "one of the most conservative states in the nation," would actually voting for gay politicians.


