Comments on: It’s Happening

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:53:30 +0000

I am so excited to see this happening. Half the members of the family I grew up in (excluding myself) are gay, and I never thought that it would be possible that in my mother’s lifetime she would have the opportunity to marry her partner if she so desires! But it does seem like it might happen after all!

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By: KipEsquire

KipEsquire — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:18:47 +0000

I have yet to see any political poll, on any political issue, that was worth anything this political season.

My other-side-of-the-world analysis boils down to this:

–The umbrella conservative groups and PACs (RNC, etc.) are not going to throw any money at California generally or this issue specifically; they simply can’t afford to. The state is a write-off this year as it is every presidential election year.

–The bigot-specific conservative groups (FoF, ADF, Eagle Forum, etc.) will be outspent and out-man-houred by the gay rights groups by an order of magnitude. To quote Yoda: “On this, all depends.”

–Bigot commentators seem to be depending on the Hispanic vote to put the referendum over the top. But Hispanics are Democratic first and anti-gay second. They will not “split the ticket” in November.

–If the Catholic numbers in the poll (only 48-45 against gay marriage) are correct (but again: “polls, meh…”), then the referendum has no hope at all, zero.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:08:56 +0000

As a Californian, I expect the polls to continue swaying in the wind. Like it or not, fear and codes will most likely impact this next election and this impact may or may not take hold. Fluating polls will be the norm….