The Gay Thread

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I don't think this would have turned any tides, but I am nagged by a supposition of what might have gone on in the minds of more than a few black churchgoers in North Carolina had this whole thing been orchestrated last week instead of this.

What I suppose would have happened is that Amendment 1 would have still passed, and the swell of base/youth/progressive support Obama should receive from this change of heart would have been dampened by the discouraging defeat. By waiting until after the inevitable, he can ride the wave of reactionary emotion rather than be knocked over by it.