Monday, July 12, 2004

This just in: we won the culture war

As the Senate moves toward a Wednesday procedural vote on a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, even its sponsor, Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., conceded he would at best eke out a bare majority, far short of the 67 votes needed to get the proposed amendment out of the Senate and short of the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster.

"I think the relentless flow of homosexual propaganda in television and movies has taken a toll, so that people feel even defending marriage is an act of intolerance," said Robert Knight, director of the Culture & Family Institute, an affiliate of Concerned Women for America, in explaining the lack of enthusiasm for the amendment the group supports.

That's from a front page SF Chronicle article, which goes on to say: "Polling ... shows the marriage amendment coming in near the bottom of other national concerns" for voters.

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