Posted by
Playful Walrus on Saturday, November 08, 2008 2:49:20 AM
It's amazing that people who do not question California's strong vote for Obama, or committing California's electoral votes to Obama refuse to accept that many of the very same voters passed Proposition 8.
They've taken to the streets, throwing fits like spoiled children, and the newsrooms are all to eager to give them as much exposure as possible, even though most of the people they get on microphone say silly things like "this is about love" (since when is law about love?) and "I have fewer rights than a chicken." Really? When was the last time you were confined to a small cage? At one of those special nightclubs? That doesn't count.
Anyway, it is a bit amusing to watch these sore losers blame and harass Mormons. Because we all know how many Mormons, especially African-American Mormons, there are in California. Yes, it couldn't possibly be that Prop 8 passed because people are tired of courts making decisions that belong to the people, or tired of being told they have to go along with everything that an activist group wants. It couldn't possibly be that most voters still understand that marriage unites the sexes. No, it must be the people blindly following the Mormons! Yeah, that's why the people voted down Prop 4 - because Mormons don't want the parents of minor girls to know that their girl is about to have a baby sucked out of her and down a sink. Yeah. Sure.
We didn't vote for Prop 8 due to a lack of yelling and screaming by homosexual people. We voted for it because we understand exactly what has been going on.
It is times like this that I am reminded of another classic Playful Walrus entry. These protestors think we just haven't heard them. The thing is, we have heard you, and that's one of the reasons why we did vote Yes on Prop 8. These protesters are behaving like spoiled children who can't handle that they've finally been told "no!". You don't get whatever you want simply because you want it - not when other people have to give it to you, and they don't want it.
There is no right to a state-issued marriage license. Anyone who tells you that it is a fundamental right is either purposely lying (as can easily be revealed when they agree that there are limits on who should get the licenses) or they have a warped understanding of rights.
*UPDATE: D.R. Tucker at The Right Angle says Romney would have beat Obama. I wonder how the anti-Mormonism of the marriage neutering crowd would have been impacted by that? In a way, it is good that people who voted for Obama also votes for Prop 8 and other marriage amendments. The marriage neutering crowd can't blame it all on "racist right-wing bigots who always vote Republican", as much as they try.