The Youngblood Rule of Politics

Big fat kudos to Russ Feingold for standing on the right side of an issue that scares the stones out of most politicians.

Personally, I couldn't think of an easier decision to make than, as a citizen, to support gay marriage. I do see the political downside (ie, America has lots of people who don't want to lose that warm fuzzy feeling of superiority they get from being in a miserable loveless marriage). However, Atrios gets it right when he says we're already the party of the gays, so we might as well start acting like it. I call it the Youngblood Rule of Politics: if you're going to be perceived as supporting a just cause, you might as well actually support it. The terms comes from a really terrible 80s movie starring Rob Lowe as a minor league hockey-player. The love story in a nutshell:

• Hockey Player meets Girl


• Girl turns out to be Coach's Daughter


• Hockey Player decides to keep it in his pants to avoid pissing off coach


• Coach sees HP talking to girl


• Coach benches HP


• Hockey Player decides that since he's being punished for it anyway, he might as well get some.