CA Passes Gay Marriage Ban and Thereby Hurts Religious Right

California, the "Land of Fruits and Nuts", sided with the GOP on election day and voted For Proposition 8 banning gay marriage.  Think about this for a second-the most liberal state in the union agreed with the Republicans on a social issue.  African Americans who overwhelmingly voted for Obama crossed over from the Democrats side and joined with the Republicans farther down the ballot.  Gay marriage bans also won in Arizona, Arkansas, and recently blue state Florida. Many states in past elections have also passed these same sex marriage bans. What does this mean?  Much of the nation does not support gay marriage, and the GOP is vindicated on this issue. 

But there is another story here.  When the Soviet Union collapsed many people lost sight of the dangers in the world and turned their focus to other matters.  Military budgets were reduced, the national security issue lost its importance in the world, and economic partnerships were more important than military ones.

That is what will probably happen with gay marriage.  As same sex marriage bans are passed all around the country, regular people are not going to be threatened by it as much as they were.  With an iron clad state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage why would gay marriage be a voter concern?  Concern will instead be passed to other issues like the economy, crime, and taxes. 

The GOP has won many gay marriage battles, but it is time for them to reassess this issue and move to more pressing voter concerns.

By the way...the people of San Francisco didn't name that sewage plant after Bush, and they didn't make prostitution legal.