Why Gay Marriage is Winning

With Washington state recently legalizing
same-sex unions and
Maryland about to follow suit, gay marriage hasn't been on this
big a roll since Bert and Ernie first shacked up on Sesame
Street. When Maryland finalizes its bill, seven states and the
District of Columbia will sanction the practice.
But before you bust out the appletinis and Indigo Girls CDs to
celebrate, consider that just last year in Maryland - a deep-blue,
Democratic-majority state when it comes to politics - gay marriage
went down faster than George Michael in a public restroom due to
resistance from socially conservative African Americans in the
Democratic Party. Indeed, while 71 percent of white Democrats in
the Old Line State favor gay marriage,
just 41 percent of black Democrats do.
So what's different this time around? Democratic
Gov. Martin O'Malley and other pro-marriage legislators took a
page from
New York's gay playbook and reached around to sympathetic
Republicans to seal the deal.
Inconceivable even a generation ago, gay marriage is well on its
way
to becoming mainstream as a growing majority of Americans
now favor it. The only question is when, not if, folks such as
Maryland residents Justin and Phillip Terry-Smith will join
heterosexuals in the joys of getting married - and divorced -
happily ever after.
About 2.30 minutes. Produced by Joshua Swain. Written by Nick
Gillespie and Kennedy, who also hosts.
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