Miscellaneous

BREAKING: California Supreme Court Upholds Discrimination

California's high court has upheld last year's passage of Proposition 8, meaning gay marriage is officially no longer legal in California. Because the gays getting married is what caused our state to be on the brink of financial ruin, don't you know?

The Court was unpersuaded that the Prop needed to be a Constitutional Amendment. Comforting to know it's that easy to get around that pesky equal protection clause.

The 18,000 gay marriages that took place before Prop 8 passed will remain in effect, however.

And this is but the latest example of why California's fucking proposition-based government is awful and needs to be thrown out the window. Because the public is stupid and should not be allowed to legislate. Particularly when these props amount to little more than well-financed issue groups and self-interested companies and organizations manipulating the public to vote for things the public doesn't really understand. Awesome system.

But now that the gays can't marry, I think this state will be on the road to recovery! And don't worry, gays, you can head off to New England and give those states your money, if this whole marriage thing is so important to you.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on May 26, 2009 (boomark / email).