Comments on: Celebs Rally In SoCal To Repeal Prop 8

By: Joanne

Joanne — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:59:24 +0000

‘The work’ should have begun, before the ruling – not afterwards … the gay community has this protesting (after the fact) thing all messed up.

By: PixiesBassline

PixiesBassline — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:30:32 +0000

I think Gay people should be able to be married. I think that IF I WANT TO, I should be able to marry my best friend! (even if we AREN’T gay!) You marry someone for their partnership and whatever else.
As humans born of free will, AND IN THE “LAND OF THE FREE”, I think it should be allowed. There are gay couples who have been together for a LONG time, who have no plans to leave eachother, but then they can’t benefit with insurance or anything because they aren’t *married*. It really angers me when people are held back from the simplest things, because SOMEONE “said so”… Strangers making decisions that we all have to abide by.. Yeah, it’s good to make laws against murder and rape – but why such an uproar over THIS? Come on!

By: JOHN

JOHN — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:39:39 +0000

Our state is broke, and this is your concern? I’m moving back to Texas..

Gay Milionaire

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:42:06 +0000

Trent where were you in the protest!!!!

The court may not have had the constitutional jurisdiction to create a new law with this decision, but the measure should never have been allowed to be put to a ballot. The rights of individuals should never be able to be put to a vote. That is just so effing wrong.

By: CHASE

CHASE — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:50:42 +0000

I protested last night. I know that the vote was finalized but if someone or a group of people in general are unhappy about a vote then they or we have a right to overturn it if we’d like. Yes, freedom of speech can work both ways you know. And, there’s more progress. It just really makes me mad when people constantly complain… DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Just don’t sit on your ass and bitch and moan when you aren’t doing anything about it. I guess that there is only so much an individual can do but it just really flips my handle bars when people just sit there and complain. Hi, get over yourself. If you’re not going to do anything about it then you might as well shut up. Just my two cents. But I think many people are so blind sighted how much progress this whole thing has developed. There’s so much progress going on and yet, people just want want want. Look through the gaps and you will see how far Gays have actually come along since. Don’t ignore the progress just because you want the final result right away.

By: GirlieGirl

GirlieGirl — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:37:43 +0000

*sigh* trying so hard to focus on the positive…. The H8 is at least forcing people to confront the issue and TAKE a muthaf’in stand.
I was so sick of these middle of the road people.
Good for Arnold!
I gotta say that living in SF can sometimes make you believe that all of our social struggles are over. At the very least, this was a reminder that there is still plenty of work to do.
No H8.

By: rayoflight1982

rayoflight1982 — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:51:55 +0000

The major problem with this decision is three-fold: 1) it created a third class of citizen in the sense that there are 18,000 gays and lesbians like Ellen who were able to get married and then another group of 3rd class citizens who are gays and lesbians like Melissa Etheridge who cannot get married. and 2) it opened up a precedent that allows the rights of the minority to be decided upon by a simple voter majority. For example, if tomorrow, 52% of Californian voters decided that nose-rings or blogging should be illegal, they can get a simple majority at the ballot box and make it the law. And 3) to quote the one dissenting opinion of Justice Moreno, “It weakens the status of our state Constitution as a bulwark of fundamental rights for minorities protected from the will of the majority.”

By: Ally

Ally — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:21:59 +0000

Ha! Staci — My fault. I had two separate thoughts running there. I was going to throw Roe v. Wade into my argument as another example of when the courts have to step in but thought this conversation was probably heated enough. Somehow the case names got squished together in my brain.

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By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:10:01 +0000

I actually dont whether it is a choice or not. I am saying a lot of anti gay groups think it is. Is it inate or a choice, I don’t know.