The ACLU and other interested parties are taking Prop 8 to the State Supreme Court. I expect this will inevitably wind up in the U.S. Supreme Court. I don't see how it can't.
It boggles the mind that my home state essentially said "fuck you" to a minority group in such an overt way in my lifetime. Okay, this isn't like World War II when California shipped Japanese-Americans off into internment camps, but the rationale is awfully similar: "They're different so they don't get the same rights as us."
What completely and utterly blows my mind is that a lot of the surveyed voters who supported Prop 8 were also minorities. Specifically the polling indicated the voters identified themselves as African-American or Latino/Hispanic.
Um... so... it's okay for groups that have suffered discrimination and oppression historically to go ahead and take rights away from another group? Really? Seriously? Is that how it works now?
I know lots of people who want to lay the blame at the churches involved, especially the Mormon Church (I think something like 40% of the funding for "Yes on 8" came from Utah). Sure, these assholes are culpable, but nobody really expected these hypocritical backbirths to behave any other way than the inbred 19th century mentality they've always had.
These institutions don't constitute 52% of the voting population of California. If they did, the state would never have gone for Obama.
So the rest should have known better. They really should have.
It will be interesting to see how things develop on this front.
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The Obama connection is the key here. The minorities, bless their hearts, came out in droves to support him. As the kids say, "Woot."
The problem is that many of these cultures are very strongly steeped in the "homosexuality is a SIN" credo. To them it's not discrimination, it's just an abomination to their god.
So when they came out to pull the lever/touch the screen/dangle the chad for Obama they also had to cast a vote for this.
I certainly do NOT agree with their beliefs[*], I merely acknowledge it and draw the line between their turnout for Obama and the passing of 8.
This Proposition should never have been placed on the ballot. Now, as you say, it'll likely end up in the Supreme Court. Our best hope is that the Obama administration will be able to appoint enlightened and persuasive judges.
[*] I took the passing of Prop 8 pretty hard. Bigots, all who voted yes. It's very discouraging that we'll vote to improve the lives of chickens but won't treat fellow humans as the equals they are.
Oh yeah, I get the connection. I really do. I just find the disconnect in logic to be troubling and disconcerting.
And you're right. This should never have been placed on the ballot.
What an insane world.
I have already gone and donated money to the ACLU to battle Prop 8, even though I don't live in California anymore.
It is amazing that you can something so grand happen, president elect Obama, and then have it crapped on by the passing of Prop 8.
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