The Prop 8 Decision picked apart
May. 26th, 2009 12:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valarltdCalifornia punted.
Propostition 8 stands, but the marriages also stand.
This was the only position the judges could really take.
1) It avoids the "Activist Judges Overturning the Will of the People" shouts from right-wing hatespeech radio.
2) It doesn't create an ex post facto situation.
3) It avoids large-scale violence. The gay community is about 3-5% of the US population. And their enemies also tend to be better armed. There is a large, vocal minority in this country who would dearly love to see gays eradicated and are willing to help. I expect to see a rise in hate-crimes.
The gay community is--rightly--unhappy. But, we'll take it back to the ballot box and this time, we'll win.
The Christian Right is also unhappy. They didn't get what they see as sodomite "marriages" wiped out. They haven't been able to force shame on the community. They know they are losing.
Of course, nothing says the gay community can't introduce referendums to put other minority groups' civil rights to a majority vote. (I'm looking at the Mormons) You know, just to make a point...
Propostition 8 stands, but the marriages also stand.
This was the only position the judges could really take.
1) It avoids the "Activist Judges Overturning the Will of the People" shouts from right-wing hatespeech radio.
2) It doesn't create an ex post facto situation.
3) It avoids large-scale violence. The gay community is about 3-5% of the US population. And their enemies also tend to be better armed. There is a large, vocal minority in this country who would dearly love to see gays eradicated and are willing to help. I expect to see a rise in hate-crimes.
The gay community is--rightly--unhappy. But, we'll take it back to the ballot box and this time, we'll win.
The Christian Right is also unhappy. They didn't get what they see as sodomite "marriages" wiped out. They haven't been able to force shame on the community. They know they are losing.
Of course, nothing says the gay community can't introduce referendums to put other minority groups' civil rights to a majority vote. (I'm looking at the Mormons) You know, just to make a point...
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Date: 2009-05-27 03:58 am (UTC)I think this can go in the dictionary as one of the defintions of wishy-washy. It makes no sense. And how is this going to work? How can only some CAians be allowed to be married?
The gay community is--rightly--unhappy. But, we'll take it back to the ballot box and this time, we'll win.
Yes, we will. See what I had to say about Disney. Sometimes even people who don't understand our desire for equal rights wake up when things like this happen,
The Christian Right... ...know they are losing.
Exactly. Even a mouse will fight for its life when backed up into a corner. And this "right" knows its time is done. They are making major mistakes. The world is finally seeing how hate-filled they are and are saying (I hear it at work from the most surprising of people), "Oh, duh, maybe you guys do need equal rights..."