Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : View from the Center and Left -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dale Baker who wrote (112051)	5/27/2009 4:16:41 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541604

I tend to agree that it's only a matter of time, although I would have thought that CA voters would have defeated Prop 8 last year. CA has a youthful population and is surely the most liberal and accomodating state in the union but gay marriage has now twice been defeated when put to a popular vote. I think it was a Prop 22 that defeated it first, then the CA supreme court overturned that, and then Prop 8 reversed the court decision. And now the court has decided to let the popular vote stand by a 6-1 margin. Things seem to going the other way and to blame it on CA churches entirely may be scapegoating. And especially Mormons, who might represent 1-2% of the state population at best. I think I recall that more money was raised to defeat Prop 8 than to pass it, too. All that can really be said is that 52% of CA voters voted against gay marriage and they represent for now the majority.