Reply #27: sad

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Back in the fall I tried and had difficulty extracting a compelling argument from either side's set of briefs. So I have to admit I'm not surprised. If the Rhode Island couple carries on, that could lead to a more favorable ruling yet. My guess is the New York couple's situation may become moot before then, with New York State perhaps legalizing.

Politically it may be a good thing for this not to have worked out yet. If plaintiffs had prevailed it would make same sex marriage laws a far greater matter in this next election, where it's on the cusp. I think that two years from now the debate will have tipped fully and permanently.

The repeal route route against this law is the better and more decisive one anyway. In the state Senate the 27 votes to override a veto are there already, I think. In the state House I believe the count would be the same as for full support for ssm, in the high eighties to mid-nineties, at this point, and 107 are needed. This November is an opportunity to get the state House to, or a lot closer to, that point.