Comments on: Marriage Wins Elections http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/01/14/8055 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sun, 19 May 2013 14:07:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Charles Lanigan http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/01/14/8055/comment-page-1#comment-30670 Charles Lanigan Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:32:25 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=8055#comment-30670 Well, couldn't there have been external forces that have helped leaders get re-elected when they supported same-sex marriage? See article in Advocate/July 15,2008: http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid55888.asp Well, couldn’t there have been external forces that have helped leaders get re-elected when they supported same-sex marriage? See article in Advocate/July 15,2008: http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid55888.asp

]]> By: Fred http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/01/14/8055/comment-page-1#comment-30657 Fred Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:10:54 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=8055#comment-30657 Forgive me for being cynical but perhaps all it shows is that legislators who thought it safe to vote for marriage equality were proven to be correct. (How many who thought that it wasn't were also correct?) The 'study' appears to be a guide for any legislator who wants to avoid any meaningful form of political leadership. If politicians are only going to vote the way the polls tell them to then what is the point of having them? Forgive me for being cynical but perhaps all it shows is that legislators who thought it safe to vote for marriage equality were proven to be correct. (How many who thought that it wasn’t were also correct?)

The ‘study’ appears to be a guide for any legislator who wants to avoid any meaningful form of political leadership. If politicians are only going to vote the way the polls tell them to then what is the point of having them?

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