California Supreme Court Going Down on Prop 8
It doesn't appear that the California Supreme Court will be doing any over-turning of Proposition 8, but that doesn't mean that there is no silver lining to be found in this whole thing.
For example, look at this nice scene: a hot young mom bringing her racially diverse family out to support the gays, even though she clearly has no reason to do so. It's nice to see the straights picking up the cause…
I don't see a Mr. Hot Mom anywhere near by. I wonder if she's single. (Wait a minute. There's something weird about that hot mom. That's not Ann Coulter, is it?)
Andrew Sullivan also sees a good side…
The Justices seemed highly skeptical – and rightly so – that a voters' initiative could not change the results of a controversial court decision. Since the No On 8 forces campaigned last year under the same assumption, it's a little rich to see them now protest that the vote was not a real one anyway and they engaged in it only on the assurance that they would win.
Moreover, if the court upholds Prop 8, we avoid giving the Hewitts and Romneys and Santora their "black robes" moment, an endless harangue about evil judges despotically dictating to God-fearing Americans. I've been in enough of those arguments to want to avoid them in future. They deflect debate from the real issue: that gay marriage is good for gays, straights and society as a whole. They give bigots a legitimate reason to oppose our equality, while allowing them to avoid the real arguments for it.
So, everybody wins. The gays and the bigots are equally blessed!
And lots of religious people are doubly blessed.
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@Cube: As Jon always says, get Cheney on that, and you'll be just fine.
@MPS: The dead hooker thing may have already done me in.
@Cube: Very exciting, although you'll never win an election now that you've been caught palling around with Dylan Ris in public.
Yes, republicans are evil because they take moral stands. Yes, that man looks like Anne Coulter because we are supposed to hate her too. One of the most liberal states in the country say no to gay marriage and they are labeled bigots. The 9th Circuit, the most liberal court in the land with over 80% of their rulings overturned, can't seem to find a way to thwart the legislative process.
http://www.usefulopinions.blogspot.com
Yeah. Eat me EIB network! You bastards can't book Dylan Ris as your first guest!
A couple of obviously insane writers at Political Machine and Red State (Tommy Christopher and Caleb Howe) decided to hand off the highly Arbitron rated "Unusable Signal" show to me. It's one of them radio shows on the tubes. And, thanks to large quantity of acid I dumped in the Ris water supply, Dylan decided to come on the show last night. Ethan is missing.
Dylan's doing really well and it was great to learn some things from the POV of a reader and commenter. Let me tell you something. This kid is smart. I mean, like really fucking smart. You can just tell. For me, his Dostoevsky jokes always kill. You say Dostoevsky, I lose control of bodily functions. Seriously though, Dylan was really cool and sharp. He didn't have to take time to bullshit with me, but, he did. And for that, I'll always have his back.
Dylan pointed to some real epistemic realities about blogging I'm inclined to agree with. Basically, how big a deal are bloggers to the "undecided" voters in a general? He takes what I called an "existential" view on blogging and I think was surprised to find his theory kinda fits into that paradigm. For me, the effect on the electorate blogging has is likely minimal, however, the writing and dialogue is intrinsically valuable. Then, he did some fart jokes. Good guy. I'm pissed he's not 30 yet. I'm getting old.
The show was funny. Get three writers and a foul mouthed lawyer like myself talikng and some kinda shit's gonna flow. Sort of. Maybe.
Next week I'm hoping to get this "Birther" on who believes Barack is not the President. Most of my intellectual arguments are gone at this point and I just like to insult him and his movement. Dylan, if you read this, thanks again.
The show will be on every Saturday night at 11:00 PM EST. Feel free to clink on the link below and check it out. I started out just listening and chatting live and this big moneymaker came out. That could be you.
Sorry to be a pimp, but like, I gots to be. Tonight at 11:00 PM EST I will hopefully debate this stupid bastard "birther" on a show called, "Unusable Signal." The co-host is Tommy Christopher from AOL's Political Machine. There will also be proponents of really gay marriages.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Unusable-Signal
Gays get it in the ass, again.
Looks like opponents of Prop. Eight are gonna have to eat Jim Crow.