75% of the state voted to ban marriage, so I don't expect this state to become sane any time soon.
what would you say about virginia where 43% supported such civil rights? i think texas may be behind the curve, but demographic changes make it inevitable. why do you think republican candidates are reverting to 1964-style racism? what are they going to run on: the war, the "ecaaaanamy" (how once can discern that bush is from ann coulter/joe liberman land)? not likely, so now, it's obama-osama, illegal immigrants ruining america (forget that employers hire them), etc., etc. they're hoping in vain to get 80% of the white vote in some of these states. unfortunately for them, whites in texas have climbed to around 35% Democratic, so they're gonna get a shock when they see Democrats getting at least 47% next time. let's just hope we don't have goldwater, jr. (HRC) v. NYC fascist (Giuliani)--lose/lose for the people. If a majority of whites disapprove of a republican they twice elected as governor, if you combine bell and kinky's white vote share from 2006, i don't think getting the requisite 37 or 38% of the white vote to win the state will be out of the realm of possibility
