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30 May 2008, 5:15 pm No Comments

This post was submitted by Michael Dyer, a Bostonian who is considering opening a TNG franchise in New England.

Right after the California Supreme Court’s ruling on gay marriage, the strangest thing happened: nothing. Not a damn thing. No collective gnashing of social conservative teeth; no moral arbiters of the Right, heads-in-hand, wailing over another lurch down the slippery slope toward America’s utter moral decrepitude. So, I’ve been wondering ever since, (and to steal a phrase) “where’s the outrage?” No, seriously, where is it?

Surely, Papa Bear himself would fill the discursive void with another cable news shitstorm, right? Surely, O’Reilly would deliver a punishing oratorical blow to progress, right? Not so much. See below. Even he can’t muster the energy to care at this point. And his conservative Californian guest can’t even come up with a good reason people should be outraged, except for some nebulous, I’m-not-sure-that’s-even-a-complete-thought concept paraphrased as “people prefer to be grouped into categories in the Constitution.” Um, what? Even Bill calls bullshit on that. In fact, as you’ll see in the clip, he can’t wait to do it.

And it makes me wonder if, in one tired segment, both Bill and The Issue didn’t jump the shark at the exact same time. Methinks they did. Finally.

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Eleanor said:

You want a response?

Here it is:
House Republicans introduce federal Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage today.

They say that they were so offended by the California Supreme Court, they were driven to act.

I can’t imagine that in this political climate (and with Dem control of the House and Senate) it will go anywhere, but they could certainly make some noise about it…

aftereleanor.blogspot.com

30 May 2008 at 7:06 pm

Eleanor said:

You want a response?

Here it is:
House Republicans introduce federal Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage today.

They say that they were so offended by the California Supreme Court, they were driven to act.

I can’t imagine that in this political climate (and with Dem control of the House and Senate) it will go anywhere, but they could certainly make some noise about it…

aftereleanor.blogspot.com

30 May 2008 at 7:06 pm

Chris said:

They’ll use any excuse these days to bring back their big bad wedge issue from 2004. One of the cosponsors is from Virginia (surprise), but another one is from Maryland. I thought the only delegate we had to worry about in MD was Dwyer, on the state level?

Note: The Washington Blade quotes Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC): “The recent decision by the California Supreme Court to overturn the state’s ban on homosexual marriage is an assault on the Judeo-Christian values of America.”

Guess he doesn’t have too many Muslim or Hindu constituents… not that they’re huge fans of gay marriage, either. :(

30 May 2008 at 7:16 pm

Ben said:

I met with Walter Jones two months ago to lobby him. He’s a nice old coot who would probably never be making a stink about gay marriage now if it weren’t for the fact that his own party is looking to draw blood from him for opposing the Iraq War. He’s just trying to score points on a wedge issue to get people off his back about Iraq. That’s how wedge issues work.

31 May 2008 at 1:48 am

Sammy said:

There really HAS been a response, although, granted, it may not have been exactly what most were expecting. Well, some of it was. In California all sorts of people are lining up to get a Constitutional Amendment on the ballot for November. Local newspapers (especially in conservative parts of Cali) are filled with editorials railing against teh gayz getting married. And I’ve heard more than a few conservative pundits swearing to do everything in their power to help the amendment pass.

That being said, yeah, there’s a lot of surprising reactions as well. The Field Poll showing for the first time a majority of people favor equality, maybe influenced by the court decision. The Governator came out against a Constitutional Amendment, which is no small feat considering he vetoed legislative bills approving same-sex marriage on two separate occasions. New York decides to recognize marriages from other states/countries, again a huge deal. And, for the most part, political pundits have been brushing it off as not that big of a deal, even in an election year – we’ve got the economy, Iraq, and gas prices to think about.

The Cali Supreme Court has long been touted as the “trend setter” in areas of civil liberties and criminal procedure. Not to mention they even have their own method of citation! Maybe the rest of the nation is just getting tired of the crazy Californians and deciding to ignore us. Or, hope against hope, people are growing up and starting to realize that equality is equality (I wouldn’t hold my breath on it, though).

31 May 2008 at 6:24 am

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