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Karl Rove says gay marriage won't be the issue in '08 that it was in '04

Jonathan Martin's Blog found this 8/14/2008 on latimesblogs.latimes.com

For many voters, it’s an article of faith that political consultant Karl Rove orchestrated the 2004 ballot fight over same-sex marriage to help push conservatives to the polls. In the process, the theory goes, those voters helped George Bush win reelection. Rove takes a somewhat different view. He says backers of same-sex marriage started the fight by filing suits and winning a Supreme ...