2012 Election & Gay Marriage

[AustinHoya03]

Ross Douthat says you've been bamboozled, thebin!

www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/opinion/sunday/douthat-winning-the-news-cycle-losing-the-race.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Douthat thinks this election can't be won by talking about social issues like gay marriage. It can only be won by talking about the other issue the POTUS has little control over, the economy.

[TC]

Yeah, isn't that exactly what thebin just said?

[rosslynhoya]

I know polls mean nothing except for the one in February November, but 46-43 in favor of MITT after a month of waging war on women and after the single most audacious political declaration in 500 years? It's almost like there are more people of voting age in America than a bunch of wealthy coastal urbanites who can't think about anything else than where their next lay is coming from.

[thebin]

www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2012/05/gay-marriage-0?sort=3#sort-comments

Some good points in there that point out the impossibility of the posture of being pro-marriage rather than anti-gay.

[jerseyhoya34]

www.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/10-2204P-01A.pdf

Perhaps more of an issue for 2014, but it looks like DOMA is on its way to the Supreme Court - giving the Roberts Court what would undoubtedly be another high profile case.

[TC]

www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/06/missouri-miscellaneous.html

President Obama’s nod of approval continues to influence black voters’ own opinions. African-American voters lead the spike in support for gay marriage after a complete turnaround from just four months ago. 50% of Missouri African Americans think gay marriage should be legal, twice their level of support in January. 81% of Missouri African Americans believe gay couples should either be allowed to marry or form civil unions, a 31-point upswing from the previous survey.

I don't think Prop 22 could pass today.