Thursday, November 04, 2004
i'm not sure how i missed the liberty and power blog before. it's linked at volokh
and features jeff hummell, sheldon richman, and so forth.
This strategy was decisive for the Bush Electoral victory, the brainchild of Karl Rove, who, surprise, surprise, has a history of running gay-baiting campaigns, going all the way back to Bush's gubernatorial race in Texas. Interestingly, same-sex marriage bans were approved in 11 states. Two of these states (Michigan and Oregon) went to Kerry. But the other nine (Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, and Utah) went to Bush. Such ballot questions brought out the fundamentalist vote. One might say that they were designed to do so.
And in that crucial Ohio race—the state that is still technically in contention, but that will put the President over the top—the anti-gay marriage amendment was the most extreme proposed measure in the country. Not only does the approved amendment bar same-sex marriage; it bars even unions that "approximate marriage." The amendment passed in Ohio; exit polls show that 67% of those who voted to approve this ban also voted for George W. Bush. Those who cared most about the economy, by contrast, voted for Kerry.
I haven't looked at turnout in the gay-marriage-basing states as opposed to elsewhere, but this seems persuasive especially as to ohio. The attempt by the democrats to put together coalitions of blacks, gays, single women, union members,
welfare recipients, etc., inspires backlash among "just folks."
I don't think it's opposition to gay marriage per se that's the issue, as much as a sense that this is just one item on the gay agenda, which will include anti-discrimination laws maybe leading to affirmative action, quotas, pc anti-harrasment restrictions on speech, and so forth, the same sort of culture of entitlement that has contributed to tension between blacks and whites and between liberals and social conservatives. This probably sounds hopelessly redneck of me, so i'll point out that i'm urban, queer, and like tofu.
and features jeff hummell, sheldon richman, and so forth.
This strategy was decisive for the Bush Electoral victory, the brainchild of Karl Rove, who, surprise, surprise, has a history of running gay-baiting campaigns, going all the way back to Bush's gubernatorial race in Texas. Interestingly, same-sex marriage bans were approved in 11 states. Two of these states (Michigan and Oregon) went to Kerry. But the other nine (Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, and Utah) went to Bush. Such ballot questions brought out the fundamentalist vote. One might say that they were designed to do so.
And in that crucial Ohio race—the state that is still technically in contention, but that will put the President over the top—the anti-gay marriage amendment was the most extreme proposed measure in the country. Not only does the approved amendment bar same-sex marriage; it bars even unions that "approximate marriage." The amendment passed in Ohio; exit polls show that 67% of those who voted to approve this ban also voted for George W. Bush. Those who cared most about the economy, by contrast, voted for Kerry.
I haven't looked at turnout in the gay-marriage-basing states as opposed to elsewhere, but this seems persuasive especially as to ohio. The attempt by the democrats to put together coalitions of blacks, gays, single women, union members,
welfare recipients, etc., inspires backlash among "just folks."
I don't think it's opposition to gay marriage per se that's the issue, as much as a sense that this is just one item on the gay agenda, which will include anti-discrimination laws maybe leading to affirmative action, quotas, pc anti-harrasment restrictions on speech, and so forth, the same sort of culture of entitlement that has contributed to tension between blacks and whites and between liberals and social conservatives. This probably sounds hopelessly redneck of me, so i'll point out that i'm urban, queer, and like tofu.
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