In fact we might get to go to a few more weddings, which tends to bring most couples a little closer. But I am willing to recognize diversity of experience, so let's think a minute about what effect legalizing gay marriages might have on some of the most common contributing factors to divorce. I just went out and slept with the first lesbian I could find. Maybe I'm being too harsh. I have been telling California political reporters for two years that the next right wing crusade in the state would be over gay marriage.
Race is out, homosexuality is in.
In every election year since 1992, some minority has been singled out for persecution by initiative, a tradition made popular by former Governor Pete Wilson. In 1992 he went after welfare recipients with a ballot initiative that failed. In 1994 he used a ballot attack against immigrants to win re-election. Not a smart move in a state where ethnic minorities are about to become a majority of the population. When millionaire Ron Unz walked onto the ethnic battlefield with his anti-bilingual education initiative last year, most GOP leaders tried to avoid the fight altogether.