The Hawaii House passed a civil unions bill, and a certainly cowardly faction within the Senate Democratic leadership TWICE killed the bill via procedural gimmickry. They have the votes, but the opposition is well funded and very very vocal.
I suspect that, given the current political situation in the USA, that them who lost the 2008 election, and especially the hard core religious conservatives who surely sense themselves to be fighting a losing battle long term (see: Sodom and Gomorrah, so they truly believe they are fighting a much more cosmic battle), have picked this as their place to "hold the line." So it's going to be brutal. But. Not soon enough, time and tide will come down in our favor. It's just a shame it's going to take so much longer and be so bitterly fought right down the line.
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Date: 2009-05-26 11:08 pm (UTC)The Hawaii House passed a civil unions bill, and a certainly cowardly faction within the Senate Democratic leadership TWICE killed the bill via procedural gimmickry. They have the votes, but the opposition is well funded and very very vocal.
I suspect that, given the current political situation in the USA, that them who lost the 2008 election, and especially the hard core religious conservatives who surely sense themselves to be fighting a losing battle long term (see: Sodom and Gomorrah, so they truly believe they are fighting a much more cosmic battle), have picked this as their place to "hold the line." So it's going to be brutal. But. Not soon enough, time and tide will come down in our favor. It's just a shame it's going to take so much longer and be so bitterly fought right down the line.