Oh, some judge will come along and rule it “unconstitutional” - never mind that it’s part of the Cali constitution.
this election only showed how schizophrenic Californians are. voted in conservative values and added it to the state constitution, then voted in a bunch of liberal dems?
wow
They lost due to the hate and intolerance of the gay community. How could they have been so bigoted as to leave off of the proposal legal polygamy for Mormons and Muslims, and legal group marriage for hippie communes?
It doesn’t matter. We’ve passed other versions of this bill and it changed nothing. The Left will never let it go. Obama will put enough Commie judges on the Supreme Court to make it happen.
Proposition 8, which would establish marriage as a union between a man and a woman, passed with 52.1% of the vote, against 47.9% opposed, with 94.6% of precincts reporting. The approval marks a stunning upset in a $70 million campaign that just weeks ago looked to be running in favor of preserving gay marriage rights.
And somewhat ironically, you can thank the Black and Latino vote. Not all Obama supporters share his (albeit hidden) beliefs. There is one in my office.
Glad the good guys won, but the results are a lot less impressive than the last proposition on SSM there.
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Somehow I think the 0bama administration will not be fag-friendly.
It won’t be too Jew friendly, either.
I agree that while it is somewhat heartening to see that majorities still support traditional marriage our new federal rulers will take action to set all this aside. Hussein has said he will sign off on the “Freedom of Choice Act” which will make abortion on demand at any time for any reason the law of the land thus overriding state limits on partial birth abortion and parental notification. There is no reason to assume that the leftists will not undertake something similar in regards to creating a “right” for the sexually dysfunctional to “marry” by enaction of federal legislation.
Does this mean that Ellen DeGeneres’ marriage is now null and void?
Not so stunning as you would think. CA voted against gay marriage before and had it overturned by state supremes, this time it is part of the constitution of CA and will be almost impossible to get rid of. We will see what happens.
First the good news: This is an amendment to the state Constitution. That means that state judges and the state supreme court CAN’T overturn it. CA may delay implementing it through sneaky methods, and may try to work around it. But they can’t overturn it once the actual ballot measure passes and is certified into law.
Now the bad news: The support for this measure was WAY down (almost 10%) over the last time the measure (not a constitutional amendment that time) passed. Support for this is eroding and it is likely that some time in the future, perhaps 20 years or so, this will be reversed by a similar method.
More bad news: Prop 4. CA still CAN NOT pass a very limited and controlled parental notification law for abortion. Your kid can’t go on a field trip without your consent, but she can get a major medical procedure without not only your consent, but even your KNOWLEDGE!
This state used to be a fabulous western land of opportunity and at least reasonable politics. But every year things devolve further. We’re no Massachusetts, NY, IL, or PA yet in terms of decay and inane leadership. But we’re very very close. This is not the same wonderful state of even 10 years ago. Heartbreaking.
And it has almost nothing to do with Obama’s win here. It’s all about the “vote me some free stuff” mentality that is taking over and the absolute rejection of even modest social conservatism. You have a better chance here of passing a measure protecting a chicken egg than a baby in-utero. We passed a measure controlling how farm animals are kept. But you can’t protect even an unborn child — even if you allow them to think of the unborn as “just” a clump of growing cells, I can’t believe one would think this less valuable than a chicken. Un-be-lievable.
I live in SF, the most “tolerant” city in the country. Our Yes on 8 signs were stolen by angry mobs as fast as they were put up. The ones in front of our house managed to stay somehow. After the election around 10pm pst, we heard a car outside honking and people yelling something unintelligible.
Yes, we brought the signs in.
Bullied again.
Sigh.
It’ll be reversed by the Ninth Circuit, legislating from the bench. Again.