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Originally Posted by KSigkid
I don't think this is possible, though, for the reason you mentioned. I can see how it's difficult to be "patient" (using your word) when you're looking for equality. In that instance, patience is equal to more years of feeling like a second class citizen, simply because you were born a certain way.
I'm "indifferent" to the issue, from a political standpoint (it won't cause me to vote or not vote for a candidate based on their beliefs), but again, I can see where people want to advocate for the issue as much as possible.
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Yeah, and maybe I'm wrong about how it's affecting public opinion at large. I find myself growing less sympathetic to the issue with the reaction to prop 8, but maybe I'm wrong to generalize.
ETA: I was thinking more about this today and saw this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/us...ge.html?ref=us
In these states, public opinion seemed to have shifted and then the legislatures responded. I don't expect there to be much if any backlash, so great.
But when the change is not a reflection of a pervasive change in public opinion but instead, dare I say, judicial activism (isn't "judicial activism" always in the eye of the beholder"), I think there's going to be backlash that causes even worse public reaction.
I was reading earlier about how a pro-prop 8 ad used the language of the San Franciso mayor saying that this is coming "whether you like it or not" to great effect.
I don't think this is unique to SSM. Would abortion have remained an ever present political issue had it been resolved legislatively?