Slog - Comments on Oops, Maybe I Spoke Too Soon http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/oops_maybe_i_spoke_t G.O.P. Tries to Use Marriage Ruling to Rally Base. In other words, homophobes will flock to the polls to vote for the Rs... everywhere except New Jersey, that is, where they're sooo over it. One place the New Jersey court ruling is not likely to have much of a political impact is, paradoxically, New Jersey, a largely Democratic state that does not have a proposed gay marriage ban on the ballot.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:01:04 -0800 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:51:50 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by dem
NJ is socially liberal (they're Yankees, after all), but I'd call it more of a swing state, if you look at it historically. Governors Christie Todd Whitman and Tom Kean were both Republican, although almost all the major posts are Dem today.

]]> dem http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/oops_maybe_i_spoke_t#c482307 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/oops_maybe_i_spoke_t#c482307 Politics Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:36:00 -0800 Comment by patrick C I feel so bad for the Democratic Party. Here they are, minding their own business, saying as little as they possibly can about equality and constitutional rights and liberty and those foolish, selfish, traitorous homosexuals are going to ruin everything because of this decision.

It hardly seems fair that the Democrats should lose an election just because LGBT people have a right to equal protections. What a horrible shame!

We should just hold our breath and not say a word about this, right? Sure the Bush-lovers will harp on it for the next week (what else do they have?) but under no circumstance should any Democrat make any reasonable argument in rebuttal. No - that is too much to ask. Democrats dont want to sound like they are defending GAYS. Oh that would be terrible...and the gays themselves better not get too uppity and expect anything to be said. We better keep our traps shut. NO letters to the editor, no demonstrations, no pressure on the Democrats to defend our citizenship. That wouldn't be prudent.

Shhhhh...be obedient. Dont ask Democrats to do anything...they will do the right thing on their own, right? As soon as they have power, right? Now, get into the attic...shhhhhhhhhhhh..be a good Democratic queer....hushhhhhh. They've never let us down before, have they?

]]> patrick C http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/oops_maybe_i_spoke_t#c482377 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/oops_maybe_i_spoke_t#c482377 Politics Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:51:50 -0800