california smells.

it doesn't matter how the majority of the people in this state vote...we can object to something numerous times and the loud mouth passive-agressive bullies refuse to accept it. they will not stop until they get the answer that they want. what the fuck is the point of a democracy and of voting for something (more than once) if it's just going to be appealed (more than once) by people that don't agree with the outcome?

california's proposition 8 wasn't an easy decision for me to make, as it hits close to home. i really don't care what other people do as long as it doesn't negatively affect my kids (without my permission, of course). the outcome of this proposal really isn't my point...my point is that the people of california have voted the same way on gay marriage TWICE now and TWICE now people are appealing the majority's decision. the other thing is that there are only 2 states that do allow gay marriage - i wonder if all the other 55 states (heh heh heh, go me - get it? 57 states, HA!) had this same problem when they passed their proposals. probably not. california smells.

side note: california has enacted a domestic partnership law that grants gay couples most of the same legal benefits as a married couple - so the passage of this proposal does not remove these.

unbelievable news of the day: california has gay couples who chose to not get "married" during the three months that they could have done so...and now that the state has passed the proposal that restricts marriage to one man and one woman, they are suing for injury because they now can't get "married". what the hell?

***for the fleckster: we have had lawsuits arise from people refusing to acknowledge gay marriage here. we've had grade-school kids taken on a field trip to witness a gay marriage without parental consent, we've had a church lose it's tax-exempt status because the pastor refused to perform a gay marriage there, we've had stories with gay characters read to kids at school without parental warning or consent.

there are more incidents, but these have only been legal for a couple of months - the problem isn't the marriage (we have domestic partnerships) as much as the fact that people are being forced to accept it as a marriage even if their religious beliefs go against it - which most do. if they don't accept it, they are breaking the law.

i too believe in live and let live and most people abide by that most of the time - but there are those that don't and those are the ones that have gotten this particular ball rolling. by stating the definition of "marriage" as one man and one woman, it eliminates these problems.