Another glorious day for the California Supreme Court as they accelerate the state's liberal slide straight into hell.
It's a complete waste of time to cast votes in California elections if you plan to vote for initiatives that are politically incorrect. Some fool with a black robe will just throw your vote out.
UPDATE:
And I especially enjoyed this paragraph:SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry, rejecting state marriage laws as discriminatory.
The state high court's ruling was unlikely to end the debate over gay matrimony in California. A group has circulated petitions for a November ballot initiative that would amend the state Constitution to block same-sex marriage, and the Legislature has twice passed bills to authorize gay marriage. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed both.
The long-awaited court decision stemmed from San Francisco's highly publicized same-sex weddings, which in 2004 helped spur a conservative backlash in a presidential election year and a national dialogue over gay rights.
Several states have since passed constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. Today, 27 states have such amendments....In 2000, 61% of California voters approved Proposition 22, which said that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized in California."...
One of the first couples to wed, the lead plaintiffs in San Francisco's lawsuit challenging marriage laws, has since separated and is no longer part of the case.
More from the Gay Bay:
Gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry in California, the state Supreme Court said today in a historic ruling that could be repudiated by the voters in November.
In a 4-3 decision, the justices said the state’s ban on same-sex marriage violates the “fundamental constitutional right to form a family relationship.” The ruling is likely to flood county courthouses with applications from couples newly eligible to marry when it takes effect in 30 days.
But it could be overturned in November, when Californians are likely to vote on a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages. Conservative religious organizations have submitted more than 1.1 million signatures on initiative petitions, and officials are working to determine if at least 694,354 of them are valid.
If the measure qualifies for the ballot and voters approve it, it will supersede today’s ruling. The initiative does not say whether it would apply retroactively to annul marriages performed before November, an omission that would wind up before the courts.
Don't bother voting for it - another self-righteous fool in a black robe will just throw it out.
UPDATE 2: Some additional thoughts. I've long argued in favor of voters in individual states making their own decisions on social issues like gay marriage or abortion. If the voters want to legalize abortion or gay marriage, they should have the opportunity to pursuade their fellow citizens of the merits of their cause and put it to a vote. And, their votes should mean something.
Unfortunately, votes on politically correct issues no longer mean anything because the left can always find some judge to thwart the will of millions of citizens. Judicial activism has rendered the voting booth basically meaningless.
Had the voters been in favor of gay marriage by 61%, I wouldn't have liked it but would have accepted it because that was the will of the voters. If I couldn't live with that decision, I could move to a state that hadn't gone so far down the liberal craphole. However, the voters of California overwhelmingly rejected gay marriage, but because that decision was politically incorrect, the left feels they have a right to use only 4 judges to impose something on Californians that they clearly did not want.
It's a sad day for California, and a sad day for the concept that voting is an important and meaningful activity.
Another UPDATE: The Running of the Gays
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