Gay Rights, War on Drugs, Housing, all non-issues during the campaign

Gay Rights
 
As this article states, big bird, battleships and binders full of women all found their way into the debates, but gay rights, the war on drugs and housing were all left out. 
 
With same sex marriage on the ballot in four states and in the news a great deal, you'd think this would have come up in the debates.    Obama announced in June that he supported same sex marriage but failed to bring this up during the debates. Too hot a topic? Not a vote draw?
 
War on Drugs
 
In Are Obama, Romney ignoring Mexico's drug war?
"We may share a 2,000 mile border, but the view from here -- notwithstanding our trade relationship and the hunger for drugs in the U.S. that is fueling the bloodshed and flooding my country with weapons -- is that we're truly off the radar."
 
And from the Huffington Post, after two states legalized marijuana, does the US have the moral authority to lead a war on drugs? 
War On Drugs: 27 Reasons Why U.S. Doesn't Have The 'Moral Authority' To Lead It In Latin America
 
Housing
 
Where they stand:

Obama: Has introduced legislation that has helped millions of struggling homeowners, but not as many as he would have hoped. The home affordable modification programme has helped an estimated 1 million families refinance their home loans, but it's goal was to help up to 4 million.

Romney: Has criticised attempts to interfere with the housing market. Indeed his free-market approach appears to extend to giving no help to those facing repossession. "Don't try to stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom
 
Views:

“For Obama to score points on housing, he would have to point to clear policy victories, which is a challenge for him,” Kolko said. “Romney would have to point to fresh ideas, which is also a challenge.”

Possibly this was a non-topic because so many Americans are till in trouble?  “About 31 percent of Americans with a home loan owe more on their mortgage than their home is worth. In Florida, the largest swing state with 29 electoral votes, 44.5 percent of mortgages are underwater.”