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Court Favors Mob Rule By Allowing Majority to Dictate Basic Rights
Truth Wins Out expressed deep dismay over the California Supreme Court's split 6-1 ruling today that upheld Proposition 8, a ballot measure which abolished the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. The court did, however, allow the 18,000 marriages that took place in California, while marriage equality existed, to stand.
"This was a shameful day that will live in infamy," said Wayne Besen, Executive Director of Truth Wins Out. "It was a heartbreaking loss that established the tyranny of the majority as the law of the land in California."
Today's ruling defies a string of marriage equality victories and a trend of societal acceptance. In the past few months, Vermont, Maine and Iowa granted same-sex couples equal marriage rights. New Hampshire's legislature also passed a bill supporting marriage equality. According to the Human Rights Campaign, twelve states plus Washington, D.C. have laws providing at least some form of state-level relationship recognition for same-sex couples.
Our movement is resilient and stands ready to fight on until full equality is achieved. This ruling is merely a speed bump that will not deter us from ultimate victory. We must turn disappointment into determination and pain into progress.
14 Comments:
Beautiful video, Wayne. My spouse and I just contributed to the "Won't Back Down" campaign. I am disgusted by those who consider voting on the civil rights of others to be teir personal civil right.
I am so sorry that the SCSC has seen fit to enshrine hate and discrimination into law. My spouse and I will NOT spend Dime One nor will we visit Caifornia until California has marriage Equality
posted by Merlyn, at
5/26/2009 10:02 PM
Hardly a surprising outcome. This sends a clear message that it is ok to discriminate, legal in fact. Mob rule triumphs once again and religious bigotry get carte blanche to trample on our equality. Maybe we should start our own mob rule initiative to remove tax-exempt status from the religious businesses that contributed to, advocated for and supported hate legislation. Give them a dose of their own medicine for a change, at least it would even the field. They can no longer play the victim. I think a bit of civil disobedience is in order. African-Americans did it, so can we. The only problem is, we have no national leader or spokesperson to lead us.
posted by Anonymous, at
5/27/2009 7:55 AM
