Thanks to Shawn for pointing this out to me.
The Courage Campaign is trying to uphold a May 15, 2008 ruling by the California supreme court which said in part - laws directed at gays and lesbians are subject to strict judicial scrutiny and that marriage is a fundamental right under Article 1, Section 7 of the California Constitution, thereby holding unconstitutional the previously existing statutory ban on same-sex marriage embodied in two statutes, one enacted by the Legislature in 1977, and the other through the initiative process in 2000 (Proposition 22). The Court’s ruling also established that any law discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation is constitutionally suspect, making California the first state in the United States to set such a strict standard.
Man, can I live in California? Anyway, Ken Starr, Republican, is spearheading an initiative to nullify same-sex marriages that were allowed under the California Supreme Court ruling. Prop 8 passed on November 4, 2008 which essentially reversed California’s progressive stance stating in part - “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” California’s State Constitution put the measure into immediate effect on November 5, the day after the election. I personally wouldn’t care if you married a dog; whatever makes you happy.
These are the same Christian literalists who think the Earth is only 4000 years old, or that intelligent design is a true scientific theory instead of just a way to get around excluding creationism from schools (just call it something else that ins’t specified in the law). Where is the separation of Church and state? Why do Fundamentalist Christians think everyone else should be a Christian and think and act like one? Radicals the lot of them. Who do they think they are? Fear mongers. Live and let live, PLEASE! Maybe we can go back to the strategy of the Crusaders - agree with me or I’ll kill you. Now that’s good old fashioned moral fiber.
Watch this video and try not to cry. It’s set to Fidelity by my favorite female singer/songwritter, Regina Spektor.
