Michele Bachmann says gay marriage is not an issue . . . and "it's boring."

The progress in acceptance of gay rights in general, and same-sex marriage in particular, has been breathtakingly rapid.    If you have any lingering doubts, just ask Michele Bachmann.

On June 26, 2013 she railed against the Supreme Court for declaring that DOMA was unconstitutional:

". . . the Supreme Court not only attacked our Constitution today, they not only attacked the equal protection rights of every citizen under our Constitution, they attacked . . .  the foundational unit of our society, which is marriage . . . ."

She added that what the Supreme Court had done:

"will undermine the best interest of children and the best interests of the United States."

This was just 15 months ago.  But on Friday, September 26, 2014, at the Values Voters Summit in Washington, the topic hardly came up at this conservative rally.   When asked specifically about it, Michele Bachmann said:

"It's not an issue. . . .  In fact, it's boring."

Perhaps that is the most breathtaking change of all.   In the brief span of 15 months, Michele Bachmann goes from calling it an "attack on the foundational unit of our society" to saying "it's not an issue."

There you have it . . . from the mouth of one to whom God speaks.   Gay marriage is not an issue.  It's . . . boring.

Ralph

PS:   The cynical view -- and perhaps the true one -- is that it was "an issue" as a political wedge issue;   once it no longer worked to sent it's core voters to the polls, it was no longer "an issue" -- because it wasn't primarily a moral issue to start with.   The slightly less cynical view is that Republicans are, in the end, practical.  It's no longer "a winning issue" for them;  so it has become boring.