People can talk rights until they are blue in the face, but huge segments of the population are going to frown on this.
Republican John McCain's success depends on melding a fractious coalition of GOP conservatives -- who are among those pressing for a ban on same-sex marriage -- with independents and conservative Democrats who tend to recoil from candidates campaigning on social issues. Although a November ballot measure could encourage higher turnout by conservatives who are not naturally aligned with McCain, it also could alienate moderates and young voters, who polls show are far more accepting of same-sex marriage.
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton had sketched out a more centrist path than the court's. The decision could encourage Democratic interest groups to press candidates to extend their support for civil unions to same-sex marriage itself.
All three offered finessed responses Thursday, saying that defining marriage is best left to individual states.
That's a way to get around this loser of an issue. Claim states' rights, which will upset those in the pro faction, but that's the way it is. No politician who wants to be elected president is going to embrace same-sex marriage.
Opponents are looking to overturn the decision. Not all of California is San Francisco or L.A. by the way. They may fail to overturn the ruling, but this idiotic decision (idiotic in its timing) will reverberate all over the country.
This is a rerun of Massachusetts of 2004, which gave the right more ammo than it should have, and it narrowed the presidential race enough for our dictator to steal it:
The court's 4-3 decision echoes the Massachusetts Supreme Court's ruling legalizing gay marriage before the last presidential election in 2004, which led San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to begin issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples. President Bush seized on the issue and pledged to support a federal constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, a move analysts say helped his re-election by energizing religious conservatives. Republicans hope the California court's ruling could do the same for the party's presumptive nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain, who has struggled to win over social conservatives.
"The California Supreme Court has just given Republicans an early Christmas gift," said Matt Barber, policy director for cultural issues for Concerned Women for America. "This will be at the top of the list of issues in the 2008 race, and it comes during a time when Republicans are in desperate need of something that will invigorate the base."
This decision is a "victory"? Do you want to bet?
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