So now the 'we shall overcome' moaning begins. The California Supreme court realized that when the People speak twice in two separate ballot initiatives,(Prop 22 in 2000and now Prop 8) the People are to be heard and their voice recognized. Many California voters were confused by Prop 8 and thought that Prop 8 actually promoted gay marriage. Analysts predict that 8 actually passed by ten percentage points.
The validation of Proposition 8, the ballot measure that effectively bans gay marriage (but has no effect on civil unions) is precisely why gay activists went judge-shopping in Massachusetts years ago. They knew the only way they could crow-bar their way into the law was to find gay-friendly, activist judges. That way, if the voters later got a measure on the ballot where everyone could vote, and if that vote would invalidate gay marriage, the activists could claim their rights were being stripped away. It's the classic case of the thief claiming his ill-gotten gains have been stolen by another thief.
Tolerance in action....peaceful gays spit on and threaten to attack maniacal conservative on bicycle....
I'm really quite weary of the 'equal rights for all' canard. There is no right to marry, gay or otherwise. Marriage is a quasi-religious ceremony later folded into legal and civic proceedings for purposes of property claims, family law, etc. Gays have no more right to marry each other than I do my goldfish, and the industry of manufactured victim status needs to be bankrupted. Gays in America in 2009 are in no way an oppressed class and we all should reject this claim at every opportunity. Some gays liken themselves to Holocaust victims, claiming they're no different, a grotesque inversion of reality, where gays are not only tolerated (at one time, their only stated goal) but widely accepted into American society, with television shows, (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Ellen, Boy meets Boy, etc. etc.)
In the Prop 8 ruling, nothing was 'taken away' that was already in existence. In fact, 18,000 gay marriages were left intact, as the court did not want to cause further disruption.
Maybe someday, gay marriage will be a reality. I don't know why it's so important, since gays have a higher divorce/ annulment rate than straight couples do, and they cannot have children unless they adopt or create them through artificial means. To me as a straight, married male, gay marriage is just another case of a minority group imposing their will on an unwilling majority that rejects intimidation and slander. We will not accept the label of 'haters' . We don't hate anyone, but we do not want to be forced, Massachusetts style, to accept something as polarizing as gay marriage at the hands of a few selected judges with their own agendas.
That is not democracy, only judicial tyranny at its worst.
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