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Rremember when those assholes voted yes on prop 8 this past fall here in California?  (That’s the one to ban gay marriage)  As some of you may be aware, it’s going through the courts now, and I don’t think it’s going to hold up.  Not based on how this particular trial is going, but I’ve just been thinking this in general.  Right now they’re arguing the case over whether it is an amendment or a revision to the state constitution, the latter of which cannot be passed by a ballot initiative.

The more basic reason I don’t think it’ll hold up is because the state constitution says that you cannot discriminate based on sexual orientation.  So, this would not take that provision out, but would instill discrimination into the constitution.  You can’t add unconstitutional things to the constitution.  Simple as that to me.

I mean, maybe I can round up all the racists in the country, have them move to California, get their residency after a year, put a prop on the ballot to disallow interracial marriage (which was still illegal in some places in the U.S. up to only 40 years ago), strategically put it on a low-turnout election, and have all my racists hit the polls.  Now of course that would be hard to pull off, but theoretically it’s possible right?  And so then that’s going to be the law?  Yeah right.  Same shit here.

A while back, my friend of mine sent me this great (and funny!) Prop 8 Musical video, so here it is, try the play button at the bottom if it won’t play using the big one:

Also I’d like to mention how upsetting it is that this passed on the same day that Barack Obama was elected president.  I mean, it really upset me when I found out that it passed, but my emotions of Obama excitement overtook any bad feelings caused by this like a tidal wave.  But you know, the high waters of tidal waves eventually clear out.  As much of a supporter of gays as I am, it must’ve been really rough and an emotional clusterfuck for gay liberals on election day.  I mean, that’s just really annoying.  It’s like “Hey, your very beloved pet dog/cat just died, and by the way, you won the lottery.” *sigh*