NYC gives gays marriage in everything but name only

Kiss the religious right goodbye. Now Bloomberg has caved on marriage. A day after Jeb Bush refused to endorse a state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. A week after Karl Rove reiterated that George W. Bush was fine with civil unions. You get the picture. These guys may or may not think the religious right won them the election, but now they don't really care.

Sure, they'll still snap back when the religious right blows a gasket. They'll take another pot shot at us. But the pattern is already clear. Religious right, relevant at election time, not so relevant once the Republicans are in office. Or at least not as relevant as the religious right would like.