Gay marriage, not even in MA

From The New York Times:

BOSTON, Jan. 2 — Massachusetts, the only state where same-sex marriage is legal, took a first step toward possibly banning it Tuesday when legislators voted to advance a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman.

The amendment now requires the approval of at least 50 legislators in another vote in the 2007-8 session. Then it would be placed on the November 2008 ballot as a referendum question.

If it passed, the amendment would not invalidate the more than 8,000 same-sex marriages that have taken place since they became legal in May 2004. But it would prevent future marriages of gay men and lesbians.

“This is democracy in action,” said Kris Mineau, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, which sponsored the amendment. “It’s giving people the opportunity to vote on the most essential institution in human existence — marriage.”

Arline Isaacson, co-chairwoman of the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus, choked back tears.

“The price that our children and families will pay is so severe that we simply have to recommit ourselves to fight this some more,” she said.

The swiftness of the vote on Tuesday surprised people on both sides of the issue, taking place without any debate, just minutes after the constitutional convention had been gaveled into session. Proponents of the amendment needed just 50 of the legislature’s 200 lawmakers to support it; the final vote was 61 in favor of the amendment and 132 opposed.

We should pause here and note that Massachusetts is just about the bluest state in the Union. I mean what other state would keep sending the broken down brain-dead alcoholic Ted Kennedy back to the Senate?

The fact is that if gay marriage can't get majority support in deep-blue moonbat loon Massachusetts what chance does it have in the real America? This is why Democrats so desperately want the issue to just go away. It is a sure winner for conservatives.

This is why Republicans need to keep pounding on the issue. Something like 70% of the American people want the federal constitution amended to forbid gay marriage. This is an issue which unites people across party lines and Republicans should play it for all its worth.