CA Prop. 8 Overturned

August 4th, 2010, by The Angry Drunk

Congratulations to the sane peo­ple of California.

As a gen­eral note to oth­ers on the Left, this is how you get a bad law changed: through the bal­lot box and the court­room — not by hyper­bolic vit­riol from overindulged celebrities.

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  • Arm

    The courts, not the vot­ers, over­turned Prop 8. I hope CA vot­ers have a chance to redeem them­selves with another chance to vote for gay marriage.

  • http://www.theangrydrunk.com The Angry Drunk

    Um…no shit the courts over­turned the law…that’s how bad law’s get removed. As long as we leave things like this in the hands of the vot­ers we leave our­selves sub­ject to the tyranny of the major­ity. Or did you think that inter­ra­cial mar­riage was made legal via leg­is­la­tion (hint, look up Loving vs. Virginia).

    Until the courts make it clear that gays and les­bians are afforded the same pro­tec­tions under the Constitution that straights are, then were always just a bad vote away from oppression.

  • http://www.theangrydrunk.com The Angry Drunk

    Um…no shit the courts over­turned the law…that’s how bad law’s get removed. As long as we leave things like this in the hands of the vot­ers we leave our­selves sub­ject to the tyranny of the major­ity. Or did you think that inter­ra­cial mar­riage was made legal via leg­is­la­tion (hint, look up Loving vs. Virginia).

    Until the courts make it clear that gays and les­bians are afforded the same pro­tec­tions under the Constitution that straights are, then were always just a bad vote away from oppression.

  • DB

    I am deliri­ously pleased with the deci­sion, although that is leav­ened by the recog­ni­tion that, with the inevitabil­ity of the sun­rise, this will find its way to the US Supreme Court. I believe it will go down in flames there as well, but until it does, I will be on ten­ter­hooks.

    Still and all, I am sure it will arrive soon and take its place along­side DC v. Heller, Roe v. Wade, and Loving v. Virginia as a ban­ner day for civil liberties.

  • DB

    I am deliri­ously pleased with the deci­sion, although that is leav­ened by the recog­ni­tion that, with the inevitabil­ity of the sun­rise, this will find its way to the US Supreme Court. I believe it will go down in flames there as well, but until it does, I will be on tenterhooks.

    Still and all, I am sure it will arrive soon and take its place along­side DC v. Heller, Roe v. Wade, and Loving v. Virginia as a ban­ner day for civil liberties.