This video comes from some smartypants called RescueMarriage.org who think their pants are so smart that they introduced the 2010 California Marriage Protection Act — which not-completely-genuinely aims to protect marriage from the evils of divorce — in response to last year's Proposition 8 — which genuinely genuinely genuinely aimed to protect marriage from the evils of marriage.

And it looks like they'll be assembling next month…

On November 14, 2009, thousands of Californians will be united in a common cause as we march on the state capitol building to demand a return to traditional values as part of our petition kick-off event.

Participate in democracy the American way, by shouting angrily, using inflammatory rhetoric and memorizing jingoistic slogans to chant or misspell on signs.

I'm curious to see what their protest march looks like. No way that those people will be funnier than these people.

"One of them said, 'Obama, keep your promise,' and I thought that's fair," he said. "I don't know which promise he was talking about."

The crowd cracked up.

Hahahahahahaha! Oh, my! What a wonderfully witty president we have.

And it's so true. There's no possible way of knowing "which promise he was talking about." I mean, was it the promise to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell? Or the one to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act? Could'a been either. Or any of the other promises he made to the homosexual community and social liberals in general.

Too bad that silly gay guy wasn't more specific, huh?

February 23, 2004: A Giant Homosexual Taunt

May 11, 2005: This Week in God

June 6, 2006: Gay Marriage Ban

December 11, 2008: Proposition 8

April 6, 2009: Queer Eye for the Hawkeye

April 8, 2009: I Now Pronounce You Ben & Jerry

May 20, 2009: Gay Marriage Is Bad for Small Business

The California Supreme Court upheld a ban on same-sex marriage today, ratifying a decision made by voters last year that runs counter to a growing trend of states allowing the practice…

Today's decision, written by Chief Justice Ronald M. George for a 6-to-1 majority, said that same-sex couples still have the right to civil unions, which gives them the ability to "choose one's life partner and enter with that person into a committed, officially recognized, and protected family relationship that enjoys all of the constitutionally based incidents of marriage." But the justices said that the voters had clearly expressed their will to limit the formality of marriage to heterosexual couples.

You sure are going out of your way to prove what a big, strong, heterosexual, traditional-values state you are there, Golden State.

But, you know what? You're not fooling anyone.

Well, it turns out that it wasn't her fault she lost or made an idiot of herself on television. It was God's will…

"Out of all the topics I studied up on, I dreaded that one; I prayed I would not be asked about gay marriage," Prejean told the Fox News Channel's Courtney Friel in an exclusive interview. "If I had any other question, I know I would have won."

Wow! She truly will be remembered as one of the great martyrs of Christendom.

In her interview with Friel, Prejean explained that, ultimately, the greatest judge of her character was not the one who asked her the question, but the one who doesn't need a TV camera to watch her answer.

Santa Claus is against gay marriage?

"This happened for a reason. By having to answer that question in front of a national audience, God was testing my character and faith," Prejean said. "I'm glad I stayed true to myself."

Oh, God. Duh!

Wait, so God fixed it so Miss California would lose? Even after the whole state voted to roll back homosexuals' rights to marry?

Oh. I'll bet he's still mad about Brokeback Mountain.

In what could become a watershed moment for LGBT activism in the Empire State, senior New York Sen. Chuck Schumer announced last night he now supports marriage for same-sex couples and is committed to a full repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act…

"It’s time," Schumer’s office said in a statement to the Daily News. "Equality is something that has always been a hallmark of America and no group should be deprived of it. New York, which has always been at the forefront on issues of equality, is appropriately poised to take a lead on this issue."

Oh, how nice! This'll give the Mormons an opportunity to come and visit and see their old birthplace. They can take breaks from subjugating minority groups and fighting against civil liberties to go antiquing and stuff.

Oh, that might get awkward, though.

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.

* The Weekly Standard's Fred Barnes won't do your research for you. Hey, he won't even do his own research for himself!

* If you think the Bernie Madoff scandal makes you sick now, wait till you experience it in musical form.

* Facebook group "1,000,000 Strong to Strip the Mormon Church of its Tax Exempt Status" only short by about 9,995,000 members or so.

* Reason mag looks into President Obama's War on the Economy.

* Joe Lieberman, just as popular in his home state as you'd expect him to be.

* I almost wrote that Governor Schwarzenegger was planning to terminate thousands of jobs, but then I thought better of it.

Look, these people just want to live their lives the way they prefer — making sure that a small minority of the population is denied the right to live their lives the way they prefer — in quiet, anonymous isolation from consequence. Why can't we just leave these people alone, so that they can get back to interfering with our personal freedoms in peace…

A federal judge Thursday denied a request by Proposition 8 supporters to withhold disclosure of late campaign donors to California's same-sex marriage ban, saying the public has a right to know.

Claiming donors have been harassed, attorneys for Proposition 8 had sought a preliminary injunction to keep secret the identities of 1,600 donors who made contributions just before or after voters approved the measure on Nov. 4.

They asserted that First Amendment rights to be free from retaliation outweigh the state's interest in disclosure.

The judge, unfortunately, disagreed, stating that "the state is not facilitating retaliation by compelling disclosure."

Well, maybe not. But it's certainly not facilitating a bunch of covert gay-bashing, either. And isn't that really what the state is supposed to be doing? (I mean, secretly. Like, on the DL.)

Here's the problem with this: If people aren't allowed to anonymously shovel money into campaigns against minority groups, then shoveling money into campaigns against minority groups suddenly gets less fun. Because then you might have to take responsibility for your actions and convictions, and nobody wants to do that if your actions and convictions are mean-spirited and petty.

So, what happens is you get less people funding these hate campaigns against minorities, and then you get less people hating minorities. And then, eventually, people start to think about minorities as if they were actual people who live actual lives full of actual emotions and relationships. And that's when things start getting totally out of control.

I mean, look what happened with the blacks.

Well, not on Bobby Jindal's watch it's not. And if you have any doubts, just look toward his incredibly forward-thinking Louisiana Commission on Marriage and Family…

Jindal's Commission is going to be looking at – and making recommendations regarding – marriage and family issues within the state. And a quick look at some of those appointed by the Governor to serve on the panel leaves no doubt that, in the end, the line-up will do nothing more than promote an extreme, anti-gay agenda that sets back, blocks and battles any attempts to recognize or respect Louisiana's same-sex families.

Among those who have been appointed by Jindal to serve on the Commission are Tony Perkins (who hails from Baton Rouge), the president of the anti-gay advocacy group known as The Family Research Council… Gene Mills, executive director of the far-right Louisiana Family Forum… Mike Johnson, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund… and numerous members of the clergy. All, Jindal has said, "have significant academic and/or professional expertise" on issues of marriage and family.

Whew! That's a relief.

But who will keep West Virginia safe?