Demagogue

In 2004, voters in a host of states decided ballot initiatives on the issue of gay marriage. If you thought gay rights issues would drop below the radar screen in 2006, think again.

Anti-gay marriage groups in Virginia and Maryland are working to place initiatives banning same-sex marriage on their states' November ballots. (Anti-gay marriage activists in Virginia are almost sure to achieve ballot status for a proposed constitutional amendment.) And today, within minutes after the vote by the Washington State Senate to pass a gay rights bill, opponents there were openly talking about trying to force the issue on the November ballot.