Blue Mass Group

Well, Massachusetts Democrats have proven that we’re ready to lead on gay marriage, probably adopting a pro-marriage platform plank for the convention this year. John Kerry, on the other hand, seems to be unhappy with this, possibly looking for another shot at the White House. .08 has a fine post on all this, including his bullet-pointed reasons (I love bullet points) for supporting it as a delegate. I’ll be an alternate at the convention this year, and if it comes to me I’ll support it for the same reasons. As his second bullet points out, supporting gay marriage is absolutely a mainstream/majority position in this state, it’s been a winner in local races for state rep, and most Democrats support it. (Of course, not all Democrats support it, but we can agree to disagree for now — in the long run, I’m confident more and more folks will come around.) Now, I don’t have any illusions about the short-term, nationwide impact of this. Gay marriage is decidedly unpopular in many, even most, areas of the country. The Right will indeed use this as a cudgel to show how decadent we are, and how Democrats are infested by Satan, etc. And [...]