Source: CBS
A federal appeals court says California’s ban on same-sex marriage – known as Proposition 8 – violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

From the AP:

A federal judge overturned California’s gay-marriage ban Wednesday in a landmark case that could eventually force the U.S. Supreme Court to confront the question of whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed.

I have to admit this issue doesn’t get me as animated as it does other conservatives. Frankly, I don’t really care if gay people get married. It doesn’t have any impact on my life either way.

I just turned 29 and I find that most conservatives of my generation and younger don’t really have a problem with gay marriage. At worst they’re like me and ambivalent about the whole thing.

I do however take issue very much with liberal judges imposing things on the citizenry against their will. I believe states rights should be respected.

The people of California have repeatedly voted on the issue of gay marriage and each time they voted against it. The people of California have said loud and clear that they want marriage to be defined as between a man and woman only.

Gays are allowed to have civil unions in CA which grant them all the rights as a legal marriage — it’s just not called a “marriage.”

I’m not sure why the semantic issue of calling it “marriage” is such a big deal, but it seems to be.

After today’s ruling you can be sure this issue will go all the way to the SCOTUS. How they will rule on it is anybody’s guess. I think it could go either way.

I just think the states that want gay marriage should have it and those that don’t shouldn’t be forced to. That said, I don’t think it would be unreasonable to force all 50 states to allow civil unions. Then gays would be covered in every state, but the semantic issue of calling it “marriage” would be left alone.

No matter how much they yell and scream, assault old ladies, or even desecrate churches, gays are not gonna be getting married anytime soon — in California at least. Personally, I don’t have a problem with gay marriage but in a democracy you put issues to a vote. People were asked if they wanted gay marriage and the resounding answer was “NO.” So all the protesting and outrage is a mute point, because the people have spoken.

It’s possible that people’s ideas about gay marriage may change in a future election and the vote will come out different. However, one way gay people can insure they NEVER are allowed to marry is to behave the way they do in this video. Ripping a cross from the hands of an old lady and stomping on it is most definitely not the way to win friends and influence people.

For all the talk about America supposedly shifting left as a way to explain the Obama victory, the gay marriage issue proves otherwise.

California is ground zero for all things liberal, but apparently even California voters aren’t quite ready for gay marriage.

In an election otherwise full of liberal triumphs, the gay rights movement suffered a stunning defeat as California voters approved a ban on same-sex marriages that overrides a recent court decision legalizing them.

The constitutional amendment—widely seen as the most momentous of the nation’s 153 ballot measures—will limit marriage to heterosexual couples, the first time such a vote has taken place in a state where gay unions are legal.

Gay-rights activists had a rough election elsewhere as well. Ban-gay-marriage amendments were approved in Arizona and Florida, and Arkansas voters approved a measure banning unmarried couples from serving as adoptive or foster parents. Supporters made clear that gays and lesbians were their main target.

In California, with 95 percent of precincts reporting Wednesday, the ban had 5,125,752 votes, or 52 percent, while there were 4,725,313 votes, or 48 percent, opposed.

I’m actually pretty stunned that California of all places would so soundly reject this issue. I really figured with all the money activist groups threw at it and with the usual Hollywood sycophants speaking out on it — Prop 8 would fail. Looks like there’s still a few traditional Americans left — even in California.