Continuing Harbingers of Election '06

Texas' Proposition 2 (allowing "same-sex" marriage) went down to defeat by a 77 to 23 margin today. (Percentage as of 10PM.)

This accords with other defeats for this push and bodes very ill for the same measure in Tennessee next Fall. Gay marriage gets voted down pretty consistently by three- or four-to-one margins. Tennessee Democrats are hoping for a boost from blacks, but I think that's false hope. On social-religious issues like this, blacks tend to vote against. I'll post more on this, and the related Leon Gray kerfuffle, later.

And once again, I have to wonder why Republicans and conservatives have let the issue be called "gay marriage." There is no such animal. What is going on is an attempt to redefine marriage, hence I would always refer to this as "marriage redefinition." But that's a mouthful (no pun intended!) and so not as popular.