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posted by on November 9 at 8:04 AM
Remember how those evil anti-gay marriage amendments were designed to drive conservative voters to the polls, ensuring big victory margins for Republican candidates lucky enough to be on the same ballot? Remember how all that was supposed to work? Well, the anti-gay marriage amendment in Virginia—which passed—may have cost Republicans control of the Senate. Oh, this is almost too good to be true…
Marriage Amendment Passes, But May Have Cost Allen the ElectionAn analysis of the voting pattern Tuesday in Virginia suggests that the so-called “marriage amendment” on the ballot as Question 1 might have cost U.S. Senator George Allen the election. If true, it would mark an ironic twist, the backfiring of an effort Republicans hoped would spur a stronger turnout for their incumbent.
It would also be consolation for opponents to the Constitutional ban on gay marriage, which passed by a 57% to 43% margin statewide.
It can be credibly argued that a significant portion of those… who voted against the gay marriage ban also voted against Allen. Many of them, in fact, may have been motivated to come to the polls by the aggressive campaign led by a well-organized collective effort of civic and religious groups known as the Commonwealth Coalition.
Now if Darcy Burner can just pull ahead… man, that’ll be the fucking cherry on top of the damn sundae, huh? C’mon Darcy!
and Arizona became the first states to defeat an anti-gay marriage amendment. It would have also banned domestic partnerships and civil unions.
I can't see how living in VA is even a practical option for gay and lesbian couples anymore. Can two men or two women even open a joint checking account, get health insurance or legally buy a house together? Jebus, please save us from your followers. Are there any VA Sloggers out there who can give us an insider's view?
I have a friend in VA who came up with an angle of attack on anti-gay-marriage laws that I hadn't thought of: it's like legislating what color you can paint your bedroom walls. Could be effective to the ears of some guv'mint-hating conservatives, methinks.
That's a weak argument. Maybe if it WASN'T on the ballot Webb would've won by 10 points.
C'mon! is kinda silly to say, since you can't really do anything now, except wait for the ballots to be counted. Everything that can be done has been done. It's not quite a horse race.
I don't think a gay man can legally sell his car to another gay man in VA, even if they don't know each other. The law's pretty clear about no contracts.
Virginia may have done the right thing to that shithead Allen, but it's still a toilet. Gays and lesbians: MOVE.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/
Tribute to a good man allegedly taken down by a sick little prick in Seattle.
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