Gay Community Activists Split over 2010 Ballot Initiative Fight
The Los Angeles Times reported this morning that several gay marriage groups, including Equality California, have announced that they do not support mounting an initiative in 2010 to legalize gay marriage because they cannot be sure of victory. This announcement took other homosexual groups by surprise and was ridiculed by some of them. This rift shows that there are many factions in the gay community who are determined to pursue their agenda with or without their allies. The recent federal lawsuit (Perry v. Schwarzenegger) seeking to invalidate Prop 8 and the nation’s marriage laws was brought by a new, outside group with independent access to funding. It was only after this group secured the services of two high-profile attorneys to represent them that others in the gay community agreed to support their cause.

