Angry Prop 8 Activism

"Peace-loving" activists display their hatred toward another protester on the other side of the issue. Is it possible at all that there can be two sides, or is it only your side that matters?

Watch this live feed in Palm Springs as a news crew tries to interview a woman while the angry mob chats "Go home!" Free speech or hatred? Does free speech only matter when it's you and your issue? I don't think it should.



This whole protest issue is silly to me. Citizens in a community have an obligation and a right to pass measure that reflect how they want to be governed. Proposition 8 passed banned gay marriage last Tuesday, and now it's being protests. How can a democratic vote on a social issue be protested if it passed fair and square along with every other state who passed similar measures? Here is where is goes past just a gay marriage issue, and is an issue on voting, communities, and democracy.

Proposition 8 passed banning same-sex marriage with 52% of the vote. This isn't a minor victory. By means of comparison, Obama won 53% of the popular vote, and liberals declare that the people have decisively spoken. The percentage is similar for Californians to vote to ban gay marriage. Imagine if you can how stupid it would be for McCain supports to take to the streets and bounce on cars protesting that Obama won. Imagine what the Left's favorite son Keith Olberman would say about those people.

Just because you don't like the outcome does not mean it is wrong. You may disagree with the passing of the measure, or of the choice of president, or that your favorite senator is voted out (in my case!), but that's the beauty of democracy. We get to have a voice in stating how we should be governed, and what laws are over us.

Was the passing of Prop 8 really a surprise? States have made decisive votes all across the country to define marriage as one man-one woman. If you don't like how it turned out, do your best to try to sway people's minds. It's your right. But, don't jump on cars and pick fights with churches or old ladies. That's just being an idiot.

Gay marriage is a liberal social issue, and there are no liberal social issues passed by voting. Liberals need to run to the courts to pass such measures, which is far worse in my opinion than voting on them. California tried that in the spring and everyone was so excited. "As California goes, so goes the country" I heard often then. Putting this issue up to a vote for the people is the right and democratic thing to do.

Gay protesters can whine about Mormons, Rick Warren, Republicans, Blacks, Jews, Hispanics, and renegade Democrats who voted to pass the measure, but the bottom line is that the majority of people in California did not want gay marriage to be recognized in their state. More votes=victory. Ask Obama about that. (He is, however, noticeably silent on this current issue, but Barack, like all the presidential candidates were this year, against gay marriage).

As California goes, so goes the country.