While we’re waiting ….

Pub date November 3, 2009
WriterTim Redmond
SectionPolitics Blog

By Tim Redmond

For results from San Francisco, where there’s nothing of monumental import on the ballot, gay marriage is too close to call in Maine and a gay-marriage-lite measure looks good in Washington.

If we win both of those — particularly if we win in Maine — I think it will be the turning point in the battle for marriage equality. Once voters in one state reject bigotry, the movement will spread — and California will repeal Prop. 8 next year.