"DovBear" on Mary Cheney: December 18, 2006

Please note: After the obvious plagiarism of Andrew Sullivan's piece was noted in the comments to DovWeasel's post, the original post was edited to attribute the source of the plagiarized material. However, a screenshot of the relevant section of the cached original page, without any of the edits that were later added, can be seen above (click image to enlarge).

DovBear:

The Republican Party platform seeks to ban all civil recognition of gay couples by amending the U.S. Constitution to prevent any state from even granting civil unions to such couples.

Andrew Sullivan:

In public, though, he's an idealogue, who like other Republican idealouges, wishes to ban all civil recognition of gay couples by amending the U.S. Constitution to prevent any state from even granting civil unions to such couples.

DB:

The Republican Party has sponsored and campaigned on legal and constitutional bans on civil marriage and civil unions for gay couples in dozens of states for the better part of a decade.

AS:

The Republican Party has sponsored and campaigned on legal and constitutional bans on civil marriage and civil unions for gay couples in dozens of states for the better part of a decade.

DB:

This has had a real impact on the lives of millions of gay Americans and their children.

AS:

This has had a real impact on the lives of millions of gay Americans and their children, and George W. Bush has been complicit in this.

DB:

Usually, the architects of ideology can distance themselves from reality deftly enough to avoid embarrassment.

AS:

Usually, the architects of ideology can distance themselves from reality deftly enough to avoid embarrassment.