Message of Voters in Missouri Against Gay Marriage Leaves Backers Discouraged: HUGE PRIMARY TURNOUT

NY Times ^ | August 5, 2004 | MONICA DAVEY

[Arkinsaw]

"We can't let that happen again."

I'm amazed at their naivete. This will happen EVERY time it comes up and no amount of organization and no amount of huge funding will change it.

[Arkinsaw]

Some opponents of the amendments accused Republicans of using gay marriage as a tool to draw out large numbers of conservative voters in November.

Who started banging the drum on this issue this year? Bangind, and banging, and banging? Well, its all that banging that irritated people and energized opposition. Duh.

[AD from SpringBay]

The spending had been lopsided here, with supporters of gay marriage spending $450,000 to fight the measure with television advertising and polling, compared with $19,000 spent by opponents.

Gotta love it when the sodomites waste a cool half-mil!

[ottothedog]

Great post! It just goes to show that the libs have to resort to anti-democratic means (i.e. judges) to get their agenda through anymore. When it is put to a vote, it goes down flaming.

[jocon307]

"Opponents...said that they were distressed, even hurt...but that they planned to study exactly what had happened...to learn which strategies had worked and which failed."

Let me help them, no charge! Marriage between a man and a woman (no matter how screwy they or it is) works, "marriage" between two men or two women (or whatever!) fails as a concept.

What part of biological reproduction and its cosmic importance do these people refuse to grasp?

[Dont Mention the War]

Supporters of amendments to ban gay marriage in state like Ohio pointed to Missouri's record election turnout - 41 percent in a primary election that in most years draws 15 percent to 25 percent - as a clear and exhilarating sign that the issue will lure their voters to the polls in November. ...... "This is what the Democrats biggest fear was - that something would energize the people of faith. And it has."

And how many of those are going to vote for Kerry? Two percent? Ha ha ha haaaaa!

[Always Right]

"This is a deliberate effort to energize the right-wing base," said Ron Schlittler, the executive director of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.

LOL, that is the whole point of campaigns, to energize your base. The left is just pissed the right found a nuclear bomb to use for this November....

[steplock]

BAN HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGES

- they are NOT gay people!

[Always Right]

The left is gonna accuse the right of politicing elections....

[MarkL]

Few had anticipated the scale of the turnout either. In state records kept since 1980, there had never been comparable participation in an August primary.

Which is exactly why the supporters wanted it on the primary ballot, rather than the general election ballot, when (they thought) there would be a higher turn-out.

The supporters say that they're shocked by the results. That makes sense, since the only people that they tend to "hang out with" are others of their type. They simply don't understand that there IS a "silent majority" who believes in more traditional values.

Mark

[mlbford2]

Wow, I never would have guessed this issue would energiz so many people. It is not one of my top issues I guess is why. This looks like it could really be a serious problem for the Democrats.

[ClintonBeGone]

The left is just pissed the right found a nuclear bomb to use for this November....

Strangly there are some odd members of the right (guys like Bob Barr) who oppose this type of reaction. Why? I haven't a clue. Somehow they think they're protecting the constitution by avoiding it being amendment, meanwhile the society it was gifted to falls apart.

[VeritatisSplendor]

you know what really bugs me? I have a lesbian friend (the lesbian being the part I don't like) and someone asked her what a gay man would call his spouse. "Husband, I guess" was the answer. How can you have husband and husband, or wife and wife - those are two words screaming for their complements - a husband is not a husband without a wife.

Mrs VS

[Joe Republc]

No mention hear of how Missouri Gov. Holden shot himself in the foot.

He pushed to keep this out of the Nov. election, hoping to avoid conservatives from coming out then. But Holden managed to lose his own primary.... something terrible for an incumbent!

-- Joe

[ClintonBeGone]

The left is gonna accuse the right of politicing elections....

I think the libs in Missouri were pissed because no matter how long they left the polls open in St Louis, the vote kept getting worse and worse for them.

[TXBlair]

Huh. You mean the entire country ISN'T swept up in the stench of gay mania that has enveloped New England and the west coast? Surely you're not suggesting that the same-sex marriage pushers are out of touch with mainstream America?! You, sir, can shove it!

[michealschultz14527]

let them get marreid

[day10]

Good - maybe now they'll go away and keep to themselves.

[mlbford2]

You have to admit the timing of this amendment vote is very suspicious.