I don't believe that for one moment. If it were true, then no one at all would have voted for John McCain. In the event, nearly half the electorate did so. And if these things really were decided on YouTube, Facebook or, yes, blogs, then the re-affirmations of traditional marriage in California, Florida and Arizona would have been defeated, as would the repeal in Colorado of legal discrimination a...

Supporters of same-sex marriage need to focus on persuading their fellow citizens, not the courts - as the California vote demonstrated.

White Evangelicals were the hardest constituency for Obama to reach, but he was nevertheless elected, because of his economic populism (of which there is a very rich tradition among white Evangelicals) and his foreign policy realism (likewise, and indeed increasingly), by the same people who reaffirmed traditional marriage in California and Florida, who abolished legal discrimination against worki...

Or lack of it, to the latest progress in Iran's development of undoubtedly civil nuclear power. Finally given the opportunity to vote for a candidate who had secured nomination and was now seeking election by running against the likes of AIPAC, conservative America - the people who reaffirmed traditional marriage in California and Florida, who abolished legal discrimination against working-class w...

Those who elected Obama also voted to reaffirm traditional marriage in Florida and in California. To end legal discrimination against working-class white men in Colorado. And not to liberalise gambling in Missouri or in Ohio. They included almost everyone in the black church. They included the clear majority of Catholics. In a word, they were moral and social conservatives. They are Democrats for ...

Gordon Brown condemns California's ban on gay marriage as "unacceptable" and warns people to be vigilant against discrimination.

The referendum in California that banned gay marriage raises tortuous questions about the clash between majority rule and minority rights.

The upcoming California statewide vote on same-sex marriage marks a major milestone for the gay rights movement.

Who elected Barack Obama? People who also voted to re-affirm traditional marriage in California and Florida. People who also voted to end legal discrimination against working-class white men in Colorado. People who also voted not to liberalise the gambling laws in Missouri and Ohio. Almost everyone in the black church. The clear majority of Catholics. In a word, moral and social conservatives. So ...

A campaign group is launching a legal challenge in the European Court of Human Rights to extend the rights of gay couples to allow full marriage.