What has the result been? It has changed people's minds. Most support it now, when a year ago they did not. The state constitutional amendment to ban it is dead in the water, and the federal ban is dead in the water. In short - it's here to stay.
This is important because I'm quite sure the federal challenge will come out of Massachusetts. And it is coming - and there's not a thing that can be done about it. Even Scalia knows it, and he knows what the ruling must be.
Sure - the wingers can put up a fight, but it's not going to make any difference. I take a certain amount of pleasure in that. I want to see the BSC's twist.
Some numbers:
Bay State voters now overwhelmingly support gay marriage, 56% to 37%, according to a Boston Globe poll in March. That's a breathtaking turnabout from February 2004. Back then, after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that gays had to be allowed to marry but before the marriages began, voters opposed the change, 53% to 35%.Don't get me wrong - I really don't give a shit what Joe Public thinks about same-sex marriage. I don't care how many people are opposed. We don't need popular opinion on our side. I point out the numbers merely to rub it in the face of anybody who has a problem with it.
Having lived with gay marriage, Massachusetts seems a bit smitten with it. By 65% to 34%, voters say it hasn't weakened the institution of marriage. Only 13% say gay marriage has had a negative effect on married heterosexuals. And 71% expect the state to "become more and more accepting of same-sex marriage," Decision Research found in surveying 600 registered voters for MassEquality, a pro-gay marriage group.
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