Posted by
Playful Walrus on Wednesday, June 03, 2009 4:26:04 PM
Gene Haagenson of Fresno's KFSN reports that the city council of Porterville is getting and earful about their endorsement of Prop 8 now that the California Marriage Amendment was upheld.
Porterville was the only city in California to officially endorse Prop 8.
I'm not a fan of municipalities getting involved one way or the other on things like this. But if some see fit to officially oppose ballot measures like this, then why shouldn't others chime in with their support?
But now, with the effort to overturn Prop 8 underway local activists want the council to know they do not represent everyone in Porterville.
Well, yeah, isn't that always the case – that some of the residents will disagree with the majority of the council?
The Porterville City Council got an earful from residents who said the council's public support of Prop 8, hurt them.
Oh, this should be good.
Jamie Garza and her wife say the council's action was like declaring open season on gays in Porterville.
Oh, please. This is ridiculous. The amendment doesn’t say a word about gays or homosexuality.
They suffered verbal assaults, and tire slashing.
So someone was sitting around, behaving lawfully, but when they considered the county council’s action, they decided to commit some crimes? I would also be interested in what is considered "verbal assaults". "I don’t support neutering marriage licensing", or "No, I will not vote 'no' on Prop 8" is not a verbal assault, for example.
Pediatrician, Dr. Katherine Hall said the council's action was psychologically damaging to young gay people who already feel alienated.
It isn’t the council's job to cater to fragile egos.
(H/T: LATimes.com)
Celebrity tweets on the upholding of the California Marriage Amendment, thanks to Tina Daunt at the Los Angeles Times:
Demi Moore, twittering as mrskutcher: "Heartbreaking CA Supreme Court decision. I am ashamed. Let's raise some $ for a new ballot measure next year. I know we can do this."
Nicky Hilton, as MissNickyHilton: "This is disgusting. rejectprop8"
You know, because, the Hilton girls are good at deciding what is disgusting.
Ashlee Simpson, twittering as ashsimpsonwentz: " . . . So sad that California is backwards. Lame. So Lame . . ."
Emmy Rossum, as herself: "check out the calif. prop 8 transcript. We are a progressive state no more :( Iowa is now way cooler… "
And Ellen DeGeneres, as TheEllenShow: "Equality please."
Let's continue to drive these celebs batty by sticking up for marriage.