Costly Toll
Costly Toll for Republicans Who Voted for Gay Marriage
As four Republican state senators, one by one, agreed to break with their party and cast a politically risky vote to legalize same-sex marriage last year, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and gay-rights advocates vowed to do everything in their power to protect them against political retribution.
Mark J. Grisanti was the only Republican state senator to win re-election after supporting same-sex marriage; he won easily.
But when the Legislature returns to Albany next month, only one of those four senators will be among those sworn into office. One, facing the prospect of a tough challenge, decided not to run again; a second was defeated by a more conservative Republican in a primary, and on Thursday, a third conceded defeat after a monthlong paper-ballot counting process in a three-way race in which a more conservative candidate drew so many votes from him that the race was won by a Democrat.
「高くついた代償」、日本語の発想とまったく同じですね。それとも日本語はこの英語を移入したもの？？（UG）
