California Gay Marriage V. John Mccain, Republicans

Gay marriage is legalized in California. Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow comment.
Republican John McCain says same-sex couples should be allowed to enter into legal agreements for insurance and other purposes, but he opposes gay marriage and believes in "the unique status of marriage between and man and a woman." Last week, after the California Supreme Court cleared the way for gay marriage in that state, DeGeneres announced on her program her engagement to longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi. "We are all the same people, all of us. You're no different than I am. Our love is the same," she said. "When someone says, 'You can have a contract, and you'll still have insurance, and you'll get all that,' it sounds to me like saying, 'Well, you can sit there, you just can't sit there.' It feels like we are not, you know, we aren't owed the same things and the same wording," DeGeneres said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/22/ellen-challenges-john-mcc_n_103016.html
On Tuesday, the Democratic Party will finally wrap up its long, hard fought primary season. There will be a lot of talk about who will ultimately be the best candidate to defeat Senator John McCain on Election Day, but gays and lesbians--in California and anywhere else--may want to consider something else: Who will draw the most voters to sink the expected anti-gay marriage ballot measure in November? According to Democratic political strategist Darry Sragow, Senator Barack Obama is that person.

Sragow says that since the man from Illinois attracts young and educated voters--the same voters, according to recent polls, who overwhelmingly support gay marriage--an Obama presidential candidacy sets up the most favorable conditions for defeating the anti-gay marriage initiative. Not only that, but the fight over the ballot measure may also help Obama win California. "With Obama turning out the young and educated," says Sragow, "(the anti-gay marriage initiative) obviously adds fuel to the fire."..if Obama played it right, he would create a "floor" and a "ceiling," telling voters on the campaign trail that civil unions--the "floor" and Obama's current position--should be available to all gay couples, with marriage--the "ceiling"--to be determined by the states.

Obama has already seemed to take that line. On the day of the California Supreme Court ruling that made gay marriage legal in this state, the senator released this statement: "Barack Obama has always believed that same-sex couples should enjoy equal rights under the law, and he will continue to fight for civil unions as president. He respects the decision of the California Supreme Court, and continues to believe that states should make their own decisions when it comes to the issue of marriage...On the issue of constitutional amendments, Senator Obama has been on record for some time: He opposes all divisive and discriminatory constitutional amendments, state or federal. That includes the proposed amendments in California and Florida."

As of late, Obama has been spending precious time and resources duking it out with Senator Hillary Clinton, and he will need to quickly set up strong, grassroots support for his candidacy in California. If gay marriage leaders can offer some crucial help in that area, they may be able to leverage a few things from the senator this November and beyond. It's the kind of power position gays haven't always been accustomed to, or realized they could operate from. It brings to mind the old Latin phrase written by the Roman poet Horace, "Carpe Diem." In English, it has been roughly translated into this: "Seize the Day."
http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/queer-town/obama-and-the-gays/index.php

Forget economic stimulus checks. Same-sex marriages may give California just the financial boost it needs. Wedding planners, bakers and hotels began booking more business almost immediately after the state Supreme Court's May 15 decision overturning a ban on gay marriage. Citing pent-up demand, one UCLA study projects that same-sex unions could provide a $370-million shot in the arm to the state economy over the next three years...By some estimates, weddings and commitment ceremonies for same-sex couples generate $1 billion a year in revenue.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-wedding2-2008jun02,0,433388.story

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[ny2010]

McSame, McJohnWayne,McArchie Bunker wants NO gay rights, I'm gay, work, pay taxes, obey laws, & was born in usa,..I demand the same rights the rich/st8 evangelists get. Civil unions or marrage, he does NOT want! I don't exist in McSames world, who the hell is he? Why would I or anyone with sense vote for that. I'm a person,.. he wants me invisible & paying higher taxes-thats just WRONG! Obama gets it!!

[seconddeadlygreed]

Iiigggnorance..did you know that animals int he wild have gay sex? They arn't taught by parents that anything..but animals have homosexual and heterosexual tendacies. Teaching is nothign about it...learn before you speak from ignorance.

[TheLehAya]

@seconddeadlygreed Animals act out of instinct. They don't know right from wrong so don't call people ignorant when you're one youself.

[vasicrut]

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[boyyzonee]

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[Treblaine]

That's a bloody good point. Sometimes a good candidate is all it takes.

[waldoman7]

not even slightly. only reason a black president hasn't been elected is that no serious black candidate has tried in a long time. Obama could have been elected ten, maybe even 20 years ago pretty easily.

[JohnnyBravo541]

your so right

[Doumbeck]

THE Conservative RIGHT WING own 85% or the media.. WE need other points of view or this is not a Democracy.. Well, actually, UNDER GW BUSH we didnt live in a DEMOCRACY.. OPEN YOUR MIND TO ALL POINTS OF VIEW You are too young to have a closed mind.. BY THE WAY, McCAIN IS A FUCKING IDIOT! PROVE TO US HE WAS REALLY EVER TORTURED.. I DONT BELIEVE IT

[usluben]

First of all, no one explained why anymals can have homosexual sex, BUT you are not an animal so we can NOT compare humans to ANIMALS. Animals can't think they go by instinct. And if you are saying that we, HUMANS, shouldn't think but go by instinct then you are making yourself an ANIMAL. This explains why HOMOSEXUALS want to have sex with each other.

[soldierguardgirl]

I hate these stupid liberal left news stations. Senator McCain was saying that he believes in legal civil union contracts. But these people insist on twisting his words to fit their agenda....

[mirallnadal]

A qué vino eso de negros? XDD