Thursday, July 06, 2006
'Let 'Em Vote'
Jon has it right: 'Let 'Em Vote.' The usual milquetoast suspects appearing on the you-know-what's front page are petitioning to kill a vote on gay marriage in Massachusetts. But as Jon notes, do we really want a perpetually argued judicial-fiat issue like the 2000 presidential election? Or like the perpetually argued judicial-fiat issue of abortion? My gut instinct is that voters of Massachusetts will do the right thing and reject the amendment. But the 'progressive' wing of the Progressive-Hack Alliance seems determined to call in its chips to thwart any vote. Odds are the 'growing' Sal and Trav will repay them for past looking-the-other-way favors. The alliance must survive. But the NY decision does show Massachusetts is now completely isolated. ...
Jon has it right: 'Let 'Em Vote.' The usual milquetoast suspects appearing on the you-know-what's front page are petitioning to kill a vote on gay marriage in Massachusetts. But as Jon notes, do we really want a perpetually argued judicial-fiat issue like the 2000 presidential election? Or like the perpetually argued judicial-fiat issue of abortion? My gut instinct is that voters of Massachusetts will do the right thing and reject the amendment. But the 'progressive' wing of the Progressive-Hack Alliance seems determined to call in its chips to thwart any vote. Odds are the 'growing' Sal and Trav will repay them for past looking-the-other-way favors. The alliance must survive. But the NY decision does show Massachusetts is now completely isolated. ...
