Comments on: California Will Not Stand For Discrimination

By: mr. miamipcrepairs

mr. miamipcrepairs — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:47:59 +0000

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By: bubblegum

bubblegum — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:36:50 +0000

I guess Prop 8 makes me think of 2004, when Alabama voted by a slight majority to retain segregation language from the Alabama constitution. (In their defense, the language was un-enforced and their was a seriously misleading campaign about the prop)

Ultimately, these measures get turned around in the supreme court, because they are bullt out of hate and intolerance and inequality.

I hope that someday we have a word as strong as “racist” to describe people who are opposed to gay people’s equal rights. When you label someone as a racist, we can all generally agree that they are ignorant and not to be taken seriously. “Homophobic” just doesn’t have that same sense yet. Well, in a perfect world…we won’t need either of those words. :) You know the real irony? I am a straight female who is in a loooong term relationship with a man and I have no interest in marriage. Heterosexual couples did a great job of making it meaningless to me through the high divorce rate. No offense to people who personally value your marriages and honor them-just not for me! And I want every consensual adult to have that right if they value it.

By: mmaagg

mmaagg — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:32:34 +0000

I honestly believe that there were enough people to lazy to read the actual details of the proposition that caused the result. I had to correct a few people that “Yes on 8″ was the BAN and not the other way around… they were confused… they weren’t paying attention. I think there were enough of these types to make the unfortunate difference.

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By: Ella

Ella — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:10:11 +0000

MARRIAGE IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION
what the hell is wrong with everybody?? so non-religious straight people aren’t allowed to get married? they have to call it something else? right…
FUCK selective memories make me mad. it’s called separation of church and state people… we can’t tell churches they have to marry gay people and churches sure as hell shouldn’t be telling us who can/can’t get married outside the church. everyone who is opposing gay marriage now is going to be pretty fucking embarrassed a few years down the road when society realizes what a horrible mistake it’s making.

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By: bp

bp — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:26:16 +0000

Bekkie: sometimes I don’t understand the US either. I think the problem here is the Supreme Court (federal not state) said that this issue is a state matter, they won’t touch it. The California leaders said no, the state Supreme Court said yes, so some people said let’s vote. It was voted on and according to the democratic process. If the group that should be deeming something unconstitutional says the states should decide, I don’t see how the majority of people can be “wrong/stupid/unconstitutional” when they were only doing what they should be doing as a member of a democratic system. The only thing that is being accomplished right now is more fracturing of a people. Both side are screaming “I’m right.” I think that some people need to stop demeaning people for voting the way they have an established right to and put that effort into convincing the Supreme Court to hear the case. The attacks on each other need to stop- no one deserves to have their vote dismissed just because the other side doesn’t agree.

By: Bekkie

Bekkie — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:12:18 +0000

and if this same thing happened in 2000.. and then the supreme court over-ruled it… won’t that just happen again.. and then it will be a never-ending circle of voting and overturning? it seems redundant and a waste of money…

and on the other hand.. if ‘California still has a “domestic partners” law that gives same-sex couples the same rights and benefits as married spouses.’ then I really fail to see the big issue here… is the fight strictly over the term ‘marriage’? can’t you just use it anyway? it’s just a word…

you neighbours are so confusing…

By: Bekkie

Bekkie — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:07:18 +0000

bp: I understand what you’re saying.. I just don’t understand why something like this is voted for in an election by the public. I completely understand people voting based on their beliefs.. that’s obviously how people vote, but why does society have the ability to vote on how others live their life? if (for example) a state that had high polygamy rates, would a group of individuals be able to get the signatures, put together a proposition.. and if 51% of people said ‘yes we like polygamy’ would that state then make it legal to marry multiple people? or under-age marriage in the same scenario? – it’s just different up here in the great white north, so I’m attempting to comprehend the extent of what these propositions can do