Some Virginia conservatives are worried about what gay marriage in California might do. It might… get other people used to the idea!
Moore and Lux had never heard of West Hollywood. Only [George] Takei was a familiar face – but the notion that Mr. Sulu was now something of a gay activist just made matters worse.
“You watch this celebration, and I honestly worry about indoctrination,” Lux said. “It’s like the frog in the water syndrome,” Moore added in agreement. “You know, the frog doesn’t realize the water around it is heating up until it’s boiled. I worry that Americans will get used to these images and they’ll throw up their hands and say, ‘Who cares?’ â€
You mean they’ll see gay couples getting married and they’ll realize that it doesn’t cause any harm?
Wow. I actually agree with them. Except replace “worry” with “hope.”
Their argument against gay marriage has been reduced to “we can’t allow it or else people will be okay with it.”
They are intellectually bankrupt.
My last full year in Massachusetts was the academic year of 2003-04, which as we all know, is the year Massachusetts decided to
ruin the American familylegalize same-sex marriage. There was a huge uproar immediately, and since then, it’s cooled and now it’s something that is just, well, part of Bay State culture.I expect similar things in California — though I don’t know what the CA process is to change the constitution. In MA, it has to be passed at two constitutional conventions and then be passed by the voters — and with time dragging on like that, the people of Massachusetts got used to it and stopped having a problem with it.
(When the amendment that passed the first time and failed the second time failed, gay rights groups claimed it as a victory for obvious reasons, and the “pro-family” groups claimed it as a victory, too, saying, “Now we can get rid of this flawed amendment and write a whole new one!” I don’t know if it ever happened, but now it’s to the point that it wouldn’t pass.)
Proponents of same-sex marriage have to pick states carefully, though. MA and CA are perfect for it — and also are the only two with universal healthcare, I believe (but very different approaches to it) — and it will be interesting what other states — if any — will be the next to take marriage rights to court.
It’s disgustingly simple to amend the California constitution. It just requires a one-time majority vote by the public. Getting it on the ballot just requires signatures of 8% of the number of people who voted in the last gubernatorial election. This flies in the face of constitutional theory and makes one wonder why to even have a state constitution, but, oh well.
I don’t think the amendment’s going to pass, though.