Wow! A 5.8 earthquake rocked L.A. Tuesday morning, around 11:42am. Where were you? What were you doing?
Let's hear from you!
Thursday's decision by a four judges in the California State Supreme Court has sent shock waves throughout California unlike any earthquake possibly could. Despite legislation that is on the books that bans gay marriage, the law is currently null and void. So essentially, even though the majority of Californians do no want gay marriage to be legal, it is.
So that means Ellen DeGeneres and others can now marry their significant others.
But is this a good thing for gay people?
I submit to you that it isn't.
This qualifies as a victory for gay people who are seeking the desire to be "married" to their boyfriends or girlfriends. But did they do more damage to their cause?
You have to figure that the majority of Californians who do not want gay marriage, and expressed their views in a vote, are not happy, and are probably not willing to bend in their stance. In fact, they are probably angry at these developments and are less tolerant of what gay people are seeking than they were when they voted.
I would imagine that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't help his bid for re-election by publicly saying that he would not do anything. Again, considering most of his constituents are against what happened Thursday, you would think he would have SOME interest in upholding the law.
The image at the right is exactly the type of thing that many Californians find unsettling. The militant, take-no-prisoners attitude that many gay people show when it comes to fighting for their right to marry. Obviously not all homosexuals are like this, but it seems that they are not the ones whose views are heard. Moderate attitudes aren't sexy enough to be shown on TV as you know.
Personally, I think there's an easy solution to this problem that should satisfy everyone. I think the word "marriage" should be relegated to a man and woman. But homosexuals should have civil unions which will entitle them to the same legal rights that married couples have. This way, the word "marriage" is kept to a man and woman, but gay people have the same legal rights as heterosexuals do. Unless I'm missing something, this is a win-win situation.
And then we can all take to the streets and dance like this.
For those of you out there who are wondering...what is going to happen to Silda Spitzer, the wife of the philandering NY Governor Eliot Spitzer, I have one idea of what could happen to her in the future.
She could be running for President in about eight years. I mean, that's why Hillary stayed with Bill all of those years he was having sex with everyone BUT his wife right? She wanted the power to be President, and so she stuck it out with Bill even though he repeatedly humiliated her and embarrassed their family by banging other women.
So Silda...take heart. You could have a future in politics!
Oh, and let it be known that Spitzer IS A DEMOCRAT!!! If you read the article in the LA Times today, you have to read onto the 2nd page of the article to even see the "D" word mentioned. Of course, if Spitzer was a Republican, it would be a different story. So don't kid yourselves if you think that the media doesn't have a left-wing bias.
