WEARY GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, as seen by U.S. News:

“[N]obody’s swept up anymore,” says [Seattle gay-rights advocate Lisa] Stone….

A group of nearly 250 gay-rights supporters recently urged less focus on marriage, saying it “has left us isolated and vulnerable to a virulent backlash.” Legislative victories could avoid that backlash. “The politics is driven by the lawsuits,” says Matt Daniels of Alliance for Marriage, which opposes gay marriage. “No more lawsuits, no more state amendments.” Matt Foreman of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force acknowledges, “Our legal strategies got ahead of our political strategies.”