On the morning (well, the day) after President Obama's announcement of support for same-sex marriage, many people are asking: so how will that change things?
Polls show Mitt Romney with a double-digit lead, though these were taken before Cain's surprise announcement of support for Gingrich on Saturday night.
Some investors might see the government's announcement of support for more creative works to be positive, but the policy also runs counter to market freedoms, emphasizing the need to censor cultural expressions that the government deems unacceptable.
Karen Jarrett of Newark, who spoke at the AFL-CIO's announcement of support for the measure, said that financial problems compelled her to return to her job counseling young mothers three weeks after adopting her 18-month old nephew.
And he has also alienated some gay and lesbian voters who have supported Republicans like Jerry Sanders, the current mayor, whose tearful announcement of support for same-sex marriage in 2007 cost him some backers but rendered him a hero among many gays and lesbians.
They are, rather, confirmations of stubborn prejudices that have existed for a long, long time and, in some quarters, simply won't go away, not with education, not with "Will & Grace," not with a vice presidential statement of respect for families headed by same-sex couples, not even with a presidential announcement of support for marriage equality.
Those fears seemed dampened by a shower of economic deals, by visible chemistry between Mr. Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, by an Indian news media that fawned over the Obamas, and by the U.S. president's surprising announcement of support for a permanent Indian seat on an expanded United Nations Security Council.
The loudest silence on the issue comes from Mitt Romney, who criticized Obama's use of his announcement of support for gay marriage as a campaign fundraising tool but has so far declined to use the issue to pry open the wallets of Republican voters.
The row follows the UK government's announcement of support in October 2012 for local authorities in England to freeze council tax for a third consecutive year.
Google's announcement of support for third-party add-ons for Docs and Sheets also shows that it believes it needs an active developer ecosystem around these services to compete.
