Out candidate Sara Orozco, who is unopposed in the Massachusetts Democratic primary for the chance to challenge state Sen. Scott Brown, is unlikely to face any backlash from voters over the landmark California marriage decision, according to this article. "I think that the national discussion has sort of moved on," said Laura Esquivel of the Victory Fund. Although Orozco would be the state Senate's only out member, the chamber has had two out senators in the past, and four current House members are gay. The Boston Globe ...

Joe.My.God has the good (bad?) news that California heterosexual supremacists are concentrating on passing their anti-gay marriage state constitutional amendment and have given up their plans to repeal Sheila Kuehl's anti-bullying legislation (SB 777).In a June 21 email to supporters, Karen England of the Save Our Kids Campaign, the organization pushing the initiative, said the group has decided to concentrate instead on passing the so-called Marriage Amendment, which would enshrine in the state’s constitution the definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman.“Since the start of the Save Our Kids initiative campaign, the political landscape ...