Posted on 10/15/2005 5:22:23 PM PDT by Racehorse
As gay-rights activists launch an all-out attack on a constitutional measure banning same-sex marriage in Texas, they face an uncomfortable fact: A few lawmakers who received their support in the past helped push the proposed amendment through the Legislature.
Some amendment foes view the vote as a betrayal, but with few good alternatives, they appear uncertain about whether to dish out punishment in next year's election.
Legislators such as Reps. Patrick Rose, D-Dripping Springs, and Richard Raymond, D-Laredo, who had received support from gays or endorsements from gay-rights organizations, were among 18 Democrats who cast votes in April that moved the amendment out of the House with barely the two-thirds margin it required.
Three Democratic senators also voted for the amendment, which will go before voters Nov. 8. (Some of those Democrats had never sought the support of gays.)
"Richard Raymond and Patrick, in my mind, sent it over to the Senate," said Mary Ross Taylor, who is gay and is an active volunteer for the Democrats in Hays County, which Rose represents. "The word we heard a lot of was 'disappointment.' "
Rose and Raymond had also joined nine other Democratic representatives a week earlier in voting to ban gays or bisexuals from serving as foster parents. The proposal eventually died in a conference committee.
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A constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage was passed by the House of Representatives 101-29, with eight members listed as present, not voting.
Eighteen Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the amendment, and seven Democrats abstained. No Republicans voted against it, though one abstained. Twelve members were absent that day.
In the Senate, the constitutional amendment passed 21-9, with three Democrats joining Republicans. No Republicans voted against it.
(Excerpt) Read more at statesman.com ...
But, this is heart warming, nonetheless:
"I'm very disappointed," said Aphrodite Tzaperas, a Dripping Springs resident who walked blocks and made phone calls for Rose with her husband. "There are not many real Democrats in Texas."
Well duh. I guess the politicians decided that many, many more voters would drop their support if they supported gay marriage. That's the way it works.
The article is a facinating study of propaganda. It is written from the pro-left perspective. It only GLOSSES over the fact that the ONLY thing these legislators did was send the measure to the VOTERS.
It basically exposes that the left KNOWS the public does not want the marriage institution perverted. It also is telling on presidential politics. It meas that one of the largest electoral states does NOT want marriage messed with.
Any presidential candidate better take notice.
LOL!
No sh!t!
And the Dims have the gays over a barrel -who are they going to vote for, if not a Dim?
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