there are now 12 states that recognize gay unions and/or marriage.
Oh man. You just turned my stomach. I believe we may have lost this battle. I am sick to say such a thing but I had no idea we were that bad off.
“there are now 12 states that recognize gay unions and/or marriage.
Oh man. You just turned my stomach. I believe we may have lost this battle. I am sick to say such a thing but I had no idea we were that bad off.”
This battle _has_ “been lost”.
Same-sex marriage will eventually be declared the law of the land by the Supreme Court. Probably not by the Roberts Court, but somewhere down the line there is going to be a more liberal Court that does exactly this.
The sad fact is that the battle _could have_ been won, and won easily — if Republicans had only pushed for a “Marriage Amendment” to the Constitution at the first sign of trouble (that being “civil unions” in Vermont).
Back then, the notion of same-sex marriage seemed so outrageous that a Marriage Amendment could have succeeded is passing both houses of Congress, IF the Republicans/conservatives put the pressure on.
Back then, this was enough of a “hot button” issue that the amendment almost certainly would have garnered enough support in the required number of state legislatures to be ratified.
And our side would have won.
But we let that opportunity slip away, and since then, the only momentum that has developed has been for the other side.
Congress will never pass a Marriage Amendment now. Not going to happen. (I wouldn’t mind being proven wrong, but the lefties in the Congress have grown “leftier” and bolder since then. They’ll not give up the cause, even for the sake of their constituents.
The saying goes, “strike while the iron is hot”. It ain’t so hot no more. The left is winning on same-sex unions, they’ve got their strategies down, and they’re not going to give up ‘til they’ve won the whole enchilada.
Wish I could be more optimistic, but that’s the way I see it...