Last Ditch Push For Hate
Buck May 16th, 2008 - 9:22 amAs QuestionGirl posted here, the California Supreme Court ruling that will allow gays to marry was welcomed news for Ellen DeGeneres:
DeGeneres, de Rossi plan to marry, AP is told
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action - she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show.
DeGeneres was taping the episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Thursday, the day the state’s high court struck down California laws against gay marriage, and it was to air Friday, a person close to the production said.
Gay glee may be short-lived though. Hate-filled hearts all over California and elsewhere vow to turn the clock back on California to the days of rampant bigotry, hate and and unbridled prejudice.
Gay marriage opponents vow to fight Calif. ruling
[...] A conservative group said it would ask California’s Supreme Court to postpone putting its Thursday decision legalizing gay marriage into effect until after the fall election. That’s when voters will likely have a chance to weigh in on a proposed amendment to California’s constitution that would bar same’sex couples from getting married. [...]
Gay marriage opponents, meanwhile, derided the ruling as an example of judicial overreaching in which the opinions of a few justices trumped the will of Californians.
“The remedy is a constitutional amendment,” said Glen Lavy, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, which is pushing for the stay.
Nothing says democracy like a bunch of white, straight people keeping fellow Americans down. If all it takes is for a large group of people to come together to be able to vote other people’s rights and livelihoods away, what say we start up an anti-bigot coalition? These bastards have had complete rule for way too long, and now it’s time to put them on defense! Our first order of business should be to push for a constitutional amendment for separation of church and state. Oh, wait…
May 16th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I’ll have to see the numbers on this, but I wonder if in CA it’s 3/4 majority needed to pass an amendment. They’re more likely to go ballot proposition, but I’m not sure that has the strength of law they’re seeking here.