Losing streak lengthens for foes of gay marriage
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Jun 15, 3:25 PM (ET)
By DAVID CRARY
For foes of same-sex marriage, their losing streak keeps growing. Some sense a lost cause, others vow to fight on.
On Election Day in 2012, they went 0-for-4 on state ballot measures. A year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal government must recognize same-sex marriages. And over the past seven months, more than a dozen federal and state judges have struck down part or all of state-level bans on gay marriage, with no rulings going the other way.
FILE - In this July 28, 2010 file photo, National Organization for Marriage president Brian Brown, left, tells Paula Hare, who is a transgender Vietnam War veteran, not to protest in front of his vehicle outside the state Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Supporters against gay marriage hope a March for Marriage on Thursday, June 19, 2014, in Washington will draw thousands. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii, File) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT
Faced with these developments, some longtime opponents of gay marriage now say that its nationwide legalization via a Supreme Court ruling is inevitable. Others refuse to concede, and some leaders of that cohort will be rallying Thursday at a March for Marriage in Washington that they hope will draw many thousands.
The event's main sponsor is the National Organization for Marriage, which engaged in several successful state campaigns against gay marriage prior to the 2012 votes in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington state that reversed the tide.
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