another ruling by far left liberal judges .. the people of calif voted on this a few years ago and it won by a landslide . but 4 san francisco judges have more power than all the people who voted for this what a shame ..

I haven’t even started writing my analysis yet (I’m still working on the stupid database) and the constitutional arguments have already begun. Heeeeere we go!

SMS

Paul,

You stole my thunder!

These judges stood up for liberty and equalrights.

They were in fact appointed (six of seven) by Republicans.

Even the superfical blowhards on LA Radio are applauding this ruling (and believe it or not some of them are even in “domestic relationships!).

Well, GRATE ONE, we shall just see, won’t we. Attitudes have changed a lot these past eight years, and November will bring a lot of young Barack voters to the polls, and young folks these days just - damn! - don’t seem to be all that homophobic, what’s up with that?

I’ll leave you with a couple paragraphs from the REAL Great One, Glennzilla (http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/15/california/index.html)

…equally misinformed will be anyone arguing that this is some sort of an example of judges “overriding” the democratic will of the people. The people of California, through their representatives in the State legislature, twice approved a bill to provide for the inclusion of same-sex couples in their “marriage” laws, but both times, the bill was vetoed by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who said when he vetoed it that he believed “it is up to the state Supreme Court” to decide the issue.

Polls have found substantial support for gay marriage in California, with dramatic trends toward favoring gay marriage. While there was a referendum passed in 2000 limiting marriage only to opposite-sex couples, five years later (in 2005), California’s state legislature became the first in the country to enact a same-sex marriage law without a court order compelling them to do so. Thus, even leaving aside constitutional guarantees (which, in a constitutional republic, trump public opinion), today’s ruling is consistent with that state’s democratic processes and public opinion, not a subversion of it.

Well, I am sorry too. Sorry that your homophobic ass shares the planet with me. I dont care how many people you gather under your tent, how many petitions you write, how many votes you scare up with your apocolyptic prophesys. You have not shown a causal linkage between not discriminating against homosexuals and any sort of dire consequences yet you continue to threaten the dire consequences.

The rhetoric of discrimination has always sounded similar regardless of the intended target of the discrimination and the anti-homosexual, anti-immigrant rhetoric of today is similar to that used against women, black people, migrant workers, any new wave of immigration; Irish, Italian, Asian, Middle Eastern, all felt the sting of discrimination from the mostly white ruling class, dominant culture of America.

You’re not fooling anyone with your “christian sanctity of marriage” b.s. All of you have been married more than once, have lied, cheated or stolen or all three at some time, and pick up this mantle not because its a christian ideal but because it strikes out at someone you dont understand but you fear. At least own it.

Equal Rights should be for everyone.
It was long overdue.