Prop 8 Protest Information Thread

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Only people who live outside of this state think that "Cali" sounds cool.

I'd be very optimistic about an eventual federal constitutional amendment awarding equal rights to gays on all fronts except for the fact that this administration and congress has a crapload on their plate already. It takes a lot of oomph to get an amendment passed. I do think it's possible and actually rather likely if you look long term.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Only people who live outside of this state think that "Cali" sounds cool.

Hahaha. I've almost gotten so used to my Vegas friends calling it that. But just as they've taught me the correct way to pronounce "Nevada" (i.e., the way Nevadans say it), I hope to one day prevail upon them that the correct way to say California is the way Californians say it (i.e., California).

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

There's also this oft-cited excerpt from Westbrook v. Mihaly 2 Cal. 3d 756.

"constitutional rights may not be infringed simply because the majority of the people choose that they be"

Unfortunately, while I can find plenty of people making reference to the quote, I can find no details on the actual case and whether it might apply to this one.

While Alex provided the superbly researched correct answer, I was going to note that at Saturday's Irvine protest, someone had a sign crediting that quote to Abraham Lincoln.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

While Alex provided the superbly researched correct answer, I was going to note that at Saturday's Irvine protest, someone had a sign crediting that quote to Abraham Lincoln.

Don't know if you saw a different sign there, but the one I saw (here) has it correct. Or at least correctly attributed to the supreme court, and semi-incorrectly but popularly accepted attributed to the wrong case as Alex discovered.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Hahaha. I've almost gotten so used to my Vegas friends calling it that. But just as they've taught me the correct way to pronounce "Nevada" (i.e., the way Nevadans say it), I hope to one day prevail upon them that the correct way to say California is the way Californians say it (i.e., California).

You mean the proper way of saying "Nevada" isn't "Vegas"?

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Only people who live outside of this state think that "Cali" sounds cool.

And people outside of California generally don't give a flying blip what people from Cali think.

Hell, I've been here a decade and I can barely bring myself to do it.