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The people of California made their choice on Proposition 8, and the California Supreme Court has chosen to uphold that choice. Democracy has spoken.
Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban included on the November election ballot, was voted in by a 52% majority despite efforts from gay lobbyists. Since the ban, the effort has turned from lobbying to outright violence, with Mormon temples and Catholic churches being attacked and vandalized. Mormons are also being ridiculed in televised ads from gay lobby groups.
While it is true that the LDS contributed a good deal of money to support Prop 8, they alone did not have the voting strength to make it pass. Black and Hispanic voters, lured by the hope of an Obama presidency, hit the polls in record numbers. Many were voting for the first time in their lives, so eager were they to see an African-American president in their lifetimes. And while blacks and Hispanics may be liberal in some areas, when it comes to homosexuality they are decidedly conservative in their views. Hispanics, for example, are overwhelmingly Catholic, and the Catholic Church has very definite views on homosexuality and the place of marriage in society.
However, the GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered) community knew that the optics of attacking blacks and their churches would prove very bad, indeed. Much safer to attack the predominantly white, middle-class, smiling, conservative Mormons.
It has only been a few weeks since Carrie Prejean, Miss California and runner-up in the Miss USA pageant, was vilified by outspoken gay columnist Perez Hilton when asked for her opinion on gay marriage. She was insulted, called "bitch" and "c*nt" by Hilton, and had obscenities drawn on her image on his popular website.
And today, in light of the California Supreme Court 6-1 decision to uphold the ban, protesters in San Francisco have blocked traffic on Highway 101 through the middle of San Francisco. They are not budging, despite the presence of police in riot gear.
The State Supreme Court's 136-page ruling has allowed for some 18,000 marriages that took place before the ban came into effect to remain legally binding.
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