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Originally Posted by Tex
There are 30 other states who have anti-gay marriage laws or amendments on the books, most of which passed in 2002 or 2004, if memory serves. So far as I know, only one has ever been defeated--in Arizona in 2006.
Curious, how many of those have been reversed?
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I'm not talking about a reversal by the courts. Another constitutional amendment WILL be on the ballot in California in 2010. And again in 2012, if it doesn't pass in 2010.
62% of Californians supported Prop. 22 in 2000. 52% of Californians supported Prop. 8 this year. Older voters supported Prop. 8. Younger voters did not.
It's too easy to amend the California state constitution. But that's how it is. It will be back on the ballot in the next election, that's a certainty. I doubt the trend in favor of gay marriage reverses itself.
It took a huge effort by the church to get Prop. 8 passed. Are they going to expend the same effort to oppose the next proposition in 2010? In 2012?
At some point, someone's going to have to concede defeat, and I doubt it's going to be the pro-gay marriage side.