Opponents of same-sex marriage spent $158,000 to organize in Washington and force a November vote of the people, according to the latest campaign-finance disclosures.
Opponents of same-sex marriage spent $158,000 to organize in Washington and force a November vote of the people, according to the latest campaign-finance disclosures.
That pales in comparison to the more than $1 million spent so far by supporters of Referendum 74, which gives legal recognition to gay marriage. And supporters have already raised more than $2 million to opponents’ $140,000.
As the arguments unfurled in Tuesday’s case on same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court justices sounded more and more cranky. Things were moving too fast for them.
Opponents of same-sex marriage have rallied around a Richland florist who is being sued by the state attorney general’s office and the ACLU for refusing to provide flowers for a gay couple’s wedding. But the core issue isn’t same-sex marriage; it’s the consumer’s right not to face discrimination.
It was the kind of open-ended prediction that can never be proven wrong. But I wonder if Ed Murray knew when he made the prediction how quickly it would be proven right.
French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate.
Don’t take anything for granted. The conservative activists on the Supreme Court might not be able to halt the inexorable shift toward acceptance of same-sex marriage, but we probably should expect them to try.
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