Okay, the title of this post is deliberately provocative. But, the third big suggestion I have for repeal of Prop. 8 is patience. No less a SSM advocate than Andrew Sullivan joins me in this counsel. And that’s because he… Continue Reading
The corpse of the McCain campaign isn’t even cold yet. And all of these Republican politicians already have speaking engagements in Iowa in the very near future, or are in the process of lining them up: Bobby Jindal, the Governor… Continue Reading
We advocates of same-sex marriage need to face up to a fact that we will find unpleasant: we do not yet have a sufficient popular consensus behind our policy to implement it. Yes, this is a case of America having… Continue Reading
Same-sex marriage advocates, like me, are bitter about their narrow defeat Tuesday. But there are good and bad ways to respond to the passage of Proposition 8. This is the first of several posts I will make about what I… Continue Reading
I wrote a while back that I thought there was a realistic chance that Barack Obama could throw the Prop. 8 election over to the “yes” side. That post, by the way, has become the most popular post I’ve ever… Continue Reading
In the quick pre-election poll, I asked Readers which battleground states Obama would carry. The results: State NAPP ReaderPrediction Actual Result Florida 62% Obama Indiana 37% Obama Missouri 25% No decision yetMcCain Montana 12% McCain Nevada 62% Obama North Carolina… Continue Reading
It’s rare for an election to be decided by a single vote. But most election cycles bring an example of a very close race, a race in which every single vote really counts because it is so close. This year,… Continue Reading
Funny? Or sadly true? The Onion dares to cross the line: WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America. In his new… Continue Reading
A little bit past two in the morning and Prop. 8 is still leading, now by about 290,000 votes. Based on the precinct reporting, it looks like there’s another 1,850,000 votes to count. Looking at where the rest of those… Continue Reading
Apparently, the Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, forgot to get extra bandwidth for her website and election tracker tonight. So here it is, 8:30, and my website is getting pinged with about ten hits a minute in response to the… Continue Reading