More Prop 8 (Sorry, I have to get this off my chest)
Foul language ahead. Consider yourself warned. In this Yahoo article, the following was said: Andrew Pugno, attorney for the coalition of religious and social conservative groups that sponsored the amendment, called the lawsuits “frivolous and regrettable.” “It is time that the opponents of traditional marriage respect the voters’ decision,” he said. You’re right, Mr. Pugno. Goodness, all them black people should have just laid down and took it up the ass when religious conservatives and white, redneck assholes like you told them they couldn’t go to school with white people, or marry white people, or hell, even be considered human by white people. You’re right, all minorities, especially the Native Americans, who we raped of all their land and dignity, should have just taken it up the ass with a smile. How could any of us have ever thought differently? We should just accept this because you say so. Well, fuck you, Mr. Pugno. Fuck you very much. No individual or people who is being oppressed should lay down and take it. Ever. And for you to even suggest that people who do not agree with Prop 8, which rapes a specific segment of the population of their rights and makes them less than human in your eyes, should just accept this is possibly one of the most hateful things one could say. I guess in your eyes we should have Jim Crow laws again, but for gay people now. Hell, why don’t we just take away all gay rights, hmm? What the hell, right? They’re just supposed to take it up the ass anyway, so let’s all just vote on Prop 8a: All gays are officially banned. Because that’s where you’re going with this. There, I’ve vented.
More on Prop 8 (News)
Apparently there have been massive protests across the state, particularly in the LA area. Read more about it here. I can’t blame them for being pissed and wanting to protest and I truly hope this keeps up. On a side note, if anyone knows of any protest marches in the Santa Cruz/Bay Area, let me know. I doubt there would be, considering that Santa Cruz and San Francisco Counties went heavily against Prop 8 (San Fran was 76% against, though why only 230,000 people in that city voted is beyond me, because there should have been a hell of a lot more, and Santa Cruz was 71% thanks to our huge youth vote). The reason I doubt this is because these counties are already heavily for gay rights, so protests would have little effect here unless they were big enough to grab TV attention. But I’d still be interested in being a part of a protest. I’ve been on the picket lines before, by the way. Back when all this started to be a huge issue we had a huge protest in Placerville, CA and over 100 of us showed up on the side of Highway 50 to promote the new “No Hate Zone” proclamation for the city by the mayor. It was more a promotion than a protest, but the anti-gay folks showed up and it became one of protest. It should be noted that the only people who actually caused confrontation were the anti-gay people, while those for gay rights were rather civil, even wishing the “Truth Truck” folks (that’s what they called themselves) a nice day even in the dismal winter months. It got news attention, thankfully, but it dwindled down the the “Truth Truck” folks are still out there claiming things like “Jesus hates gays” and “Martin Luther King hates gays” (the latter of which they bring out on MLK Day, which pisses me off to no end because MLK was not anti-gay; he made one speech where he was and then he changed his mind…read it, he didn’t like the gay lifestyle, but he wasn’t a hate-monger). In any case, I think that’s enough from me for the evening. Anywho!
2008 Weblog Awards: Nominate Me!
If you like my blog, consider nominating me in one or more categories for the Weblog Award. If you don’t like my blog, then obviously this post is about as useful to you as old underwear. But if you do nominate me, consider yourself thanked kindly by me! Anywho!