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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
Then let me elucidate...it means the truth. For example, you kept saying that in ME, the gay marriage law was signed, but the legislature chose to delay implementation. I posted a link to show that your statement was factually incorrect. The public voted to strike down the law.
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It was signed into law, the implementation was delayed and then it was struck down.
Your initial question asked if same sex marriage was ever approved via legislation rather than by the courts. I gave several examples of which Maine was one. Had your question been "are there any states today that have legislative approved measures" the answer would have not included Maine.
In the context of your question my response was factual.
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You're claiming that opposition to gay marriage is dated by independent voters. OK. North Carolina is not a state of hard-line conservatives, it's not Tea Party Central. Yet just this week, the voters in NC overwhelmingly rejected gay marriage.
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Yes, it's a swing state but also one with a large black population and deep Baptist roots.
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So you're saying that vote that just happened a few days ago, no longer reflects the political tone in that state? That vote is antiquated already? If they took another vote today, the results would be different? That's what you're saying?
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No, but if you look at trends I think the vote is running against the current of public opinion which is moving in the other direction as a Nation.
The constitutional bans on same sex marriage (and even civil unions in NC) are really only going to slow down the inevitable.
Obama said it very well when he announced his position. His daughters have friends with gay parents, why should they be treated differently than anyone else?
-spence