Ron’s Blog

2 down, 48 to go — with an ugly chaser

OK, you’ve heard that the California Supremes have ruled that you can’t ban gay marriage under the CA state constitution, making California the second state to have real, no second-tier “civil union” marriage for gay people. And the Governator, no big supporter of gay marriage, has said he won’t be opposing the ruling, but fully backing it as the law of the land. So good for California, and good for Arnold.

Of course, the down side is that this Ruling May Revive Gay Marriage as Issue in a presidential campaign already destined to be full of bigotry and half spoken fears and resentments; one where ‘Publican operatives will go out spreading vicious racial hatred that faux-maverick McCain can publicly condemn while simultaneously benefiting from it. It’s gonna be ugly no matter what; and the amplification of the gay marriage issue is only going to turn the hatred knob up to 11.

I’m still in favor of the ruling. But I am dreading where the fall campaign is likely to go.