As I have watched the genderless marriage debate rage in California since the Ides of May, 2008 I have been amazed–perhaps even impressed at the effectiveness of the genderless marriage proponents to convince the electorate that this is an equal rights or fundamental rights issue. While I vigorously disagree with that proposition (as I will explain in greater detail in this post), I think the genderless marriage proponents have done a incredible job of wrapping the debate in the cloak of equal protection and fundamental rights. Continue Reading »
So, what will happen? Do our lesbian/gay sisters and brothers lose all their rights? Do they revert to second class citizens, as some ads suggest? You’ve probably seen the television ads portraying Proposition 8 as the same as denying civil rights to our African American sisters and brothers prior to the Civil Rights Act and Civil Rights Movement of the 40’s 50’s and 60’s. As best I can tell none of this is true. Rather, what will happen on November 5, 2008, should Proposition 8 prevail at the polls with a majority vote of California’s residents follows below the jump: Continue Reading »
From an email forwarded to me, chronicling one family’s experience in trying to express their constitutionally protected political and religious opinion in California’s 2008 election, photos below the jump: Continue Reading »
The Los Angeles Times article proclaims the priest is true to his faith, but at odds with his church. After reading the article it sounds more like he is true to no one, including himself, and has lost his faith: Continue Reading »
A quick follow up my prior post (see also here) on the same subject. I’ve been truly amazed at some of the antics ongoing all over California against those who are expressing their political and religious view points, fully protected by both state and federal constitutions. More below the jump. Continue Reading »
The gay rights community is pushing back hard against the notion that same sex marriage will not affect anyone else. They are particularly pushing back hard on the idea that school children will be affected. We know this is not at all true. See my post on the California first grade class which was transported to a lesbian wedding, presumably at taxpayer expense to observe a “teachable moment” where the poster boy for gay rights, Gavin Newsom presided over the wedding. Below is a video of what has happened in MA after they had legalized genderless or gay marriage. Continue Reading »
Below is the most recent email update from the Yes on Proposition 8 Campaign, outlining the misleading and untrue statements about how genderless marriage advocates are claiming there will be no impact to public school children. The facts strongly suggest otherwise, including my last post of the San Francisco first grade class which recently attended a lesbian wedding. Continue Reading »
Mayor Gavin Newsom’s bombastic in your face proclamation on the family, “whether you like it or not” has come home to roost in the California genderless marriage debate. And, at the center is a group of first graders, used as pawns in that debate. Continue Reading »
As we approach election day here in California, I think it instructive to understand what legitimate interests the state (any state, not just California) has in promoting and sanctioning man/woman marriage over genderless marriage.
One of the most significant cases outlining the state’s interests was Hernandez v Robles 855 N.E.2d 1 (2006), where the New York Supreme Court soundly rejected genderless marriage in New York. I look to New York, because their supreme court is well established and well respected–and frankly because the California State Supreme Court got it wrong. Continue Reading »
