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cammehGod-dammit, California. Being ashamed of my state is a relatively new and quite uncomfortable feeling. I was hoping to be rid of it, thanks a lot.
I mean, I'm not that surprised, given that the argument by gay rights activists seems to have been that "the ban revised the California Constitution's equal protection clause to such a dramatic degree that it first needed the Legislature's approval." Since the Court was going was judging based on the constitutionality of this claim, I can see how it isn't all that strong.
But why was this the main argument to begin with? I mean, I haven't been following the post-Prop 8 scene as well as I should have been, but aren't there other, more compelling legal (and moral!) reasons why this ban is fucking terrible idea?
(siiiiiiggh) Well, at the very least those couples already married won't get broken up, and now the fight is already begun for a ballot measure for marriage equality in 2010.
Passing around THIS Fearless video on behalf of the Courage Campaign for marriage equality. I'm sure many people have seen it already.
I mean, I'm not that surprised, given that the argument by gay rights activists seems to have been that "the ban revised the California Constitution's equal protection clause to such a dramatic degree that it first needed the Legislature's approval." Since the Court was going was judging based on the constitutionality of this claim, I can see how it isn't all that strong.
But why was this the main argument to begin with? I mean, I haven't been following the post-Prop 8 scene as well as I should have been, but aren't there other, more compelling legal (and moral!) reasons why this ban is fucking terrible idea?
(siiiiiiggh) Well, at the very least those couples already married won't get broken up, and now the fight is already begun for a ballot measure for marriage equality in 2010.
Passing around THIS Fearless video on behalf of the Courage Campaign for marriage equality. I'm sure many people have seen it already.
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Date: 2009-05-26 10:35 pm (UTC)Yes, like common fucking sense. Plus all those "freedoms" that America is supposedly so great for, letting its citizens live their lives in a place of liberty, the supposed "separation of church and state", further plus the fact that m/f couples can get married by some dude in an Elvis costume, whilst shitfaced drunk, and decide two days later "hey maybe that wasn't such a good idea, let's get divorced." Because if that's not a "sacred bond," I don't know what is... >.<
1960's Civil Rights Movement, anyone? What's next, are we going to start herding Japanese people into internment camps again? Maybe have "straight" and "gay" water fountains separated from each other?
Augh, I woke up this morning in a good mood, and then this happened.