Websites are people too.

Bow-chika-wow-wow...

Hey, remember the whole Prop 8 deal? Yeah, it's this thing that happened in California where a bunch of sanctimonious dickweeds rounded up enough signatures to put the civil rights of an entire group of people up to a vote and then cajoled a slight majority of voters into deciding that treating gays and lesbians equally would somehow lead to rampant sex with satanic otters or something. Since this was total bullshit, some couples sued the state saying the initiative violated their rights. You know, because it does.

Governor Schwarzenegger (who you might remember from Kindergarten Cop and Twins) and the State's A.G. saw the thing for the heinous legislative gay-bash it is and declined to defend it in court.

Yup, even the guy who made Jingle All The Way wanted nothing to do with Prop 8. 

Next on the docket: Is blocking
pop-ups a right, or murder?

So without the "State of California" in the "State of California Vs. Rational Human Beings," San Francisco Judge Vaughn Walker overturned it. Problem solved, right? Nope. The Ninth Circuit Court ruled that sponsors of the bill like the website ProtectMarriage.com have the standing necessary to defend it in court...why not, right? Websites are people too and deserve equal recognition and protection under the law. It's not like ProtectMarriage.com is trying to marry another hate group or something.

"You're all screeeewed. Ha!"

-Justice Scalia

Anyway, this could result in Prop 8 being thrown out completely or it could push the issue to the Supreme Court which could either be a good thing or a bad thing. Don't get me wrong, it should be pretty obvious that you can't deny civil rights to people just because a bunch of bible thumpers don't like it, but these are the same people who officially handed representative democracy over to Walmart forever so my faith in their ability to come to a reasonable decision is a little strained.

To quote Ms. Kahn: "Flames, flames...
on the side of my face."

But you know what? Can I just rant for a sec? Good. I really, really don't like the people and organizations that support Prop 8 (see list). They sort of fill me with a kind of blind, puking rage. Does this make me a bad person? I mean, I know we're all supposed to be open minded about people's differences of opinion, but I just can't wrap my head around what makes them think that their religious objections should trump other's rights. God, they suck.

I know, there's been like crazy big steps towards equality in the last few months alone and that's awesome. It just that it seems like every time there's a court victory or a bad law gets thrown out there's a 'yeah but' attached and another pack of pouting red-state medievalists ready to carry on. You'd think if these people actually gave a shit about marriage and family they'd want everyone to share in it.

Another bride's special day ruined by the knowledge
that somewhere two dudes are getting married.