The Ballot Measures: Prop 8

Over the next couple weeks, we at Skynet will be bringing you our suggestions regarding the 12 ballot measures that qualified for the November 4th election.

Prop 8 - ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME–SEX COUPLES TO MARRY.

Vote: NO

The thought process behind the "Yes on 8" folks is something I will never fully comprehend. Why, WHY do people who aren't gay care so god damned much what gay people do with their lives?

Prop 8 is a truly vile measure that would write discrimination into the California constitution. The Republican packed state supreme court ruled that the state's equal protection clause applies to marriage and this would take that away. Fortunately, Attorney General Brown insisted that the measure be truthful in its goal before it could go on the ballot: eliminating rights.

Beyond the blatant bigotry, the "protecting traditional marriage" arguments don't hold water either. Marriage is not one-man/one-woman to everyone even in this country(*cough*fundamentalist mormons*cough*) and up until recent times it was largely for property rights more than anything else. Also, traditional marriage is crumbling just fine on its own as this country has a 50% divorce rate. Allowing gays to marry isn't going to damage anyone's marriage.