http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/blog_rss/ALogicalCase When a straight male who was born in Texas and raised in Indiana writes a blog trying to overturn Prop 8...big things are happening. Lets be honest, the Supreme Court is demographically opposed the the overturning of Prop 8. With 6 Justices appointed by Republican Governors and only one by a Democrat, the conservative viewpoint is politically/likely going to be upheld. I am obviously not an attorney. I never spent a day in law school. I have no respected role in law. What I do know is logic: - The courts today wasn't fought over the humanity of encroaching on civil rights it, as in all Supreme Court cases, was fought over precedence of other decisions. If the courts vote in favor of Prop 8, they will be voting in favor of this idea, "The public's vote has precedence over all else." In the short term this is scary, it is scary because we lost the Prop 8 fight and gay marriage in CA will be lost...for now. The long term is this: http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/ALogicalCase/C2nv http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/ALogicalCase/C2nv/commentary#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:31:02 PST http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/ALogicalCase/C2nv User from Elmwood Park, IL User from Elmwood Park, IL 0 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2nv/ Let me preface this by saying that I'm a straight male who was born in Texas and raised in Indiana. While normally I wouldn't define myself by my sexuality or my residency I think it has to be done to give credence to the plan that I hope to outline. Overturning Prop 8 won't be easy, we are kidding ourselves if we think we can simply walk to the polls in 2010 and have enough voters to overturn it. This is uncharted territory not just for California, or just the United States but it is uncharted for the entire free world. The world is watching. Here are my proposed steps: 1. Let the lawyers do their job. This nation is ripe with intelligent lawyers who see the injustice behind Prop 8. We need to rally and unite them under a common belief and clear goals. http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/ALogicalCase/C2xX http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/ALogicalCase/C2xX/commentary#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:55:25 PST http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/ALogicalCase/C2xX User from Elmwood Park, IL User from Elmwood Park, IL 0 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2xX/