Using the "Anti-Gay" Tag

But Sen. Steve Cohen of Memphis, one of the few progressives to consistently win re-election to the state Senate, says he may have come up with a solution to passing those bills: tack the phrase ‘anti-gay’ on the titles.

“We keep trying to get a bottle bill passed that will curb littering, but the business interests stop us every year,” Cohen says. “So next year we’re going to call it the ‘Anti-gay bottle bill,’ and then dare anybody to vote against it.”

“Nobody’s going to want to face re-election when an opponent can run ads saying that an incumbent voted against a bill with ‘anti-gay’ in its name. That phrase almost makes legislation bulletproof.” [...]

“If we can take away civil rights in something called the Patriot Act, we can certainly guarantee gay rights in something with ‘anti-gay’ in its name,” Cohen says. “It’s not what it’s called that’s important, it’s what it does.”

U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is said to be interested in Cohen’s approach. (source)

An interesting idea. It may just work!