A Los Angeles Times editorial urges gays to wait until 2012 before attempting to repeal the Calif. gay marriage ban. That prompts a comparison between the groups pushing for repeal in 2012 and those wanting to try in 2010:
Those aiming for 2012 see this as an election effort. In the same way that a candidate either wins or goes home, the repeal effort is seen as how to achieve votes at a particular time. Winning is everything. The focus is on funding and strategy.
In contrast the 2010 group sees it as a civil rights effort in which each election is one battle in the longer war for equality. The focus is on momentum, energy, honesty, courage, and not conceding defeat.
The whole question of date may soon be moot. A team is about to submit an application to the Secretary of State for 2010 and the process of collecting signatures will begin after that. If they collect the nearly 700,000 needed signatures (in a state of 30 million) they've earned the right to set any date they want.
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