Empty dismissals like that indicate a lack of any substantive argument. Your “political thoughts” would have more weight if they contained a substantive, rational argument, instead of niggling nitpickery and creepy carping.

Ben in Oakland made reasonable points – marriage equality is an element of the economy, since marriage facilitates measurable economic security for those allowed to enter into the contract, depriving same-sex couples disadvantages them economically, and the business of throwing weddings is very lucrative.

Further, the Governor’s willingness to harm same-sex couples, standard practice for Republicans, is a valid reason not to vote for him, or other Republican candidates. If he is willing to harm one group of people, it is reasonable to assume that he is a risk to others as well. Further, his zero-sum game mentality is incompetence made manifest in a society as complex as ours is today.

Ben: Try learning how to spell: your political thoughts might then carry a bit more weight among those of us who can.

He’s given me yet another reason– as if I needed one– never to vote for a Republican.

Myself, I never vote for Democrats.

Activist governors ignoring the will of the majority?

Um, governors are political leaders, same as legislators. They are supposed to be activists.

I hope for the veto-proof majority, even if it does essentially take Douglas off the hook to some extent. Vermont SSM activists want SSM rights, not just the consolation prize of forcing Douglas to act and show himself to be an enemy of SSM indeed.