(Not) Having a Gay Old Time

Not this time.

Advocates of gay marriage were none-to-pleased by democracy in action.  They sought redress from the courts (as Liberals often do) when the people don’t vote the way they should.  The court did not actually take a stand on gay marriage but rather on the ability of the people to amend California’s constitution through propositions.  The court did uphold the gay marriages that took place when they were legal, before California voters overturned the legislature.

I do feel sorry for the gays who seek marriage but can’t say as though I’m upset that a proposition that recieved a majority of the votes was upheld.  In typical Liberal fashion, however, it was painted as a tyranny by the majority.  Tough.  I have to live with the many propositions that are passed in California with which I disagree and, because I live in San Francisco, have to deal with many of their stupid attempts to limit my freedoms such as the overturned handgun ban that recently cost San Francisco $800,000.00.

I’m not sure if gays were more upset that they could not wed or that a majority of voters didn’t want them to legally marry.  After all, even if you do live in California, not everybody is okay with gay marriage.

Activists will put a proposition of their own on the ballot next time around seeking to overturn the last one.  Maybe they will succeed, maybe they won’t.  While I do empathize with their plight I am pleased that the law was upheld.  And, had gay marriage been approved by the voters and had people sued to overturn that I would still have been in favor of the law being upheld.

There are some haters to be sure.

Unfortunately, many who are against gay marriage are none-to-nice about it.  While I understand their religious beliefs might preclude them from advocating same sex marriage, it does not sit well with me that some have chosen to express their feelings in the form of hatred and anger.

We will see whether Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court, if she is confirmed, would uphold the law in general or whether she would bring her “unique life experiences” or whatever that garbage means to bear in her decisions.

As I’m sure time will show, the media will not portray this as the upholding of the law but, rather, some soft and squishy ideas about freedom and human rights.  Those are issues, but not the central ones.

One thing is for sure today and that is that even in a Liberal state such as California not every idea goes down smoothly.

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