The Walker verdict comes, by remarkable coincidence, right at the time when on trend California has- at least hypothetically- just reached 50.0% support for gay marriage legalization.

By the next governor election in 2014 support will very likely be past the point where Californians still harbor doubt that there is an enduring majority in favor. That psychological tipping point, when it becomes popularly agreed that It’s Over, seems to arrive when the liberal side of a social issue has reached about 53% support.

I get the impression that if a genie gave Whitman a choice between blocking marriage equality and never having to discuss this again, she’d choose the latter. I think, like most heterosexual folk, while she may have an opinion, she really couldn’t care less whether we marry or not.

I mean, “a process that will continue”? Not exactly a statement of outrage.

An interesting historical perspective was found at the Washington Blade contributed by poster Nameless Cynic:

Almost 50 years ago, the California Legislature passed the Rumford Fair Housing Act, which banned discrimination against “colored” renters or buyers. About 2/3 of California voters overturned the Rumford Act when they passed Proposition 14, which, like Proposition 8, amended the California Constitution, this time to say that Californians could refuse to sell or rent to anyone for any reason. Eventually, the Supreme Court ruled that Proposition 14 violated the 14th Amendment, and it didn’t matter if 100% of Californians had voted for it — it was discrimination, and unconstitutional.

So I ask: Will the Supreme Court abandon yet another precedent?

Now I dislike her even more.