Hatred and Ignorance go Together.
That’s blindingly obvious in most of the comments to the piece California in contempt? Figuring out the constitutionality of Proposition 8 in PolitickerCA.com .
Adam812
I thought that laws were made by governments. Government in a democracy that is voted in by the people. And the people have spoken in their vote. As far as the laws go, is it not the duty of the courts to interpret those laws rather than rewrite them?
The court never rewrote any law. They merely interpreted the state constitution and determined that there was nothing in it that prohibited same-sex couples from having the same rights as opposite-sex couples. Then along come the bigots screaming about “activist judges” and next thing you know we have Proposition 8 and our rights are gone before we have a chance to blink.
daniwitz13
Gays say that they do not hurt heterosexual marriages, but consider that if gay marriages become legal, when any person was to say that they are married, no one will know to what gender it is. They will have to ask, male or female. Or you will have to tell the other person what you’re married to. The meaning of marriage would be lost and cannot be used to describe marriage. Theoretically gays are wanting to get into marriage that’s not there any more.
That’s a real winner. I’ll bet danwitz13 is also upset if s/he has to explain to someone else what race/ethnicity s/he’s married to since people can marry outside their race now. Blame those Activist Judges on the Warren Court for that one.
wowza
What seems to not be protected in this is the voice of the people–and the property and rights of those who voted for prop 8. The aggression of the “gay” community is outrageous. Hate speeech on their side toward religious or black people is apparently OK.
I do not understand, though, Why is this equal protection issue? And how is this denied to gays? They can pass property to each other via personal corporations or wills–just as “married” people and families do now. They can have powers of attorney drawn declaring the partner can speak for them in a medical situation–just as straight families do now. They can declare their love…by all means!
What is being denied under the law? Marriage is something that from the beginning of time was between a man and a woman. This isn’t about “hate” (and I resent someone telling me that it is). It’s about sticking to marriage as it has been known throughout time–through the founding religions of this country. I’m assuming some wisdom in this pattern, yes. Note the voting trend of people with CHILDREN voting for upholding marriage between man/woman in California and elsewhere.
Wowza obviously has no concern for truth or equality. Not only do Powers of Attorney not even come close to the rights and protections offered by marriage (domestic partnerships don’t equate either), but they’re significantly more expensive and require much more effort to obtain. Why should we be forced to go to a lawyer, spend thousands of dollars for stacks of paperwork and renew it constantly (then still worry about it not being respected) when opposite-sex couples can get everything with a $90 marriage license?
What is being denied under the law is equal rights and it’s wrong. “Separate but Equal” never was and never will be no matter what fancy language you dress it up in.
Don’t even start with that nonsense about “the children”. We have children, and plenty of children are gay. We’re sick to death of your children being used as pawns in this game to eradicate our rights while you ignore our children and the LGBT children as if they didn’t exist. Just come out and admit it’ about you and how much you hate gay people. Be honest for once.
And once again, religion does not own marriage no matter how much it tries to claim it does. Never has, never will.
SteveW
Children are at issue. The homosexuals want to impose their will on all of Americas’s youth. They seek to have their message spread to any age…the younger(uneducated) the better for them to spread their poison. Further, how will adoption agencies deal with this issue when homosexual couples apply to adopt children and continue the mutation through unsuspecting, insecure, adoptees. This learned behavior of homosexuality is grossly sinful and should have never been decriminalized in eyes of society. It is most certainly not an entitlement. The homosexuals will not stop until they infect most of society and infiltrate as many families as possible….consider the homosexual movement from 10 years prior, effectively; non existent in the public eye. Now, the mutation in CA has spread like wildfire. Complete lawlessness in the streets of San Francisco. They have homosexuals running the entire City. If we do not act against this movement as a nation, it will be forthcoming to a neighborhood near you very soon.
I am predicting the next civil war over this issue. If they are successful, they will be able to convey the gay message through educators in schools instructing our children that it is acceptable to mate with the same sex. In fact, why not suggest that mating with any animal or species is acceptable? Our children are with the educator the same amount of time as they are with the parents. It will lead to a major confrontation at the schools and spill over to society when parents are faced with keeping their children at home or subjecting them to the poison. Schools will be forced to teach the curriculum or suffer loss of federal and state funding.This is a four-headed demon monster that must be terminated at the core. It is overreaching into multiple facets of our lives.
Wake up America. This is your call to act.
Fact check. We’re not dragging kids to indoctrination centers (churches) from infancy on. We’re not the ones who can be found outside schools thrusting New Testaments into the hands of students. We’re not the ones going door to door prostelytizing. We are not the ones recruiting children–religionists are.
If you want your children to grow up in a vacuum where they’re never exposed to anything but anti-gay rhetoric you can homeschool them or send them to a private school. Eradicating the rights of an entire class of people because you’re a bigot is not an acceptable substitute.
Honestly, it’s getting to the point I wonder if I’m in California or somewhere deep in the Bible Belt. Then again, it’s entirely possible that the Bible Belt has expanded and engulfed nearly everything outside of New England.
And that’s a thought that terrifies me to my very core.
