Another unfortunate case of confusing “Democratic” with “gay friendly” —

Phase 1:Maryland’s legislature is predominantly Democrat with a 33 to 14 advantage in the……

Vermont is an example of how we win more quicker if we take the intelligent approach rather than the unbending ideological one. They got the rights first with civil unions, the public (which was vehemently against them for the most part) came to realize that the sky didn’t fall began to realize that it was a good thing and then became increasingly comfortable with full marriage equality. Now Vermont is well on the way to passing full marriage equality with the support of the people. That has happened much quicker than we will ever get marriage equality in most other states. I have no doubt that the all or nothing push has lead to many of the amendments that ban not only marriage but also ANY form of relationship recognition. The question is: are we better off in Vermont (with the incremental approach) or in Maryland (where we have nothing but the right to visit a partner in the hospital) or some of the other states where we will probably have no relationship recognition for our lifetimes because of their amendments?

Bottom line again, I chalk it up to arrogance, “all or nothing” mentality and basic stupidity.

I also attribute it to religious and socially conservative Democrats who are indistinguishable from anti-gay Republicans when it comes to the issue of marriage equality for gays and lesbians.

Mystery solved.