Taking a Break

So Prop 8 was upheld while I was out of state this weekend. I guess it's nice that "activist judges" didn't overturn "the will of the people".

(Un)fortunately, their judgement doesn't invalidate the 18,000 gay marriages that were performed between the time the CA Supreme Court legalized gay marriage and the will of the people overturned it. This means that the ruling is ripe for a lawsuit by a gay couple citing preferential treatment for another gay couple who chose to get married a few months before they did.

Also, the state Constitution still allows "civil unions" for gay couples under the equal protection clause of the California Constitution, as long as they don't call their civil unions "marriage". Separate but equal. It's like 1896 all over again.

I predict that gay marriage will become a Statewide and Nationwide institution before the 2010 elections. You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire.