Proponents of Prop 8, Yet Another Desperate Attempt

Okay, so the proponents of Prop 8 are now asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to throw out Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling overturning Prop 8... why? Because Judge James Ware said "NO" when they asked him to. Unsatisfied, they have run to yet another judicial power to complain that "its not fair that they are not getting their way."

This is what's going on Proponents. You are not in the right, everyone in the judicial system has seen that. You weren't able to present a strong case in your opening statements/arguments to the 9th Circuit, then you failed yet again to make your point and prove your case to the U.S. Supreme Court so you are kicking and screaming and throwing a "toss out tantrum" to get try and get your way. Its not going to happen. You have no case, you can not prove anything. Unless, YOU can prove that gay marriage is going to harm ANYONE (and I'm not talking about their egos or prejudice) the case being overturned is not going to be thrown out. Don't you think 9th Circuit would have already ruled in your favor if they felt that the overturning of Prop 8 was not impartial?

Hate is like a Bullet, I am Superman.

Should U.S. Supreme Court Allow Prop H8 Proponents Standing?

September 6th, 2011 at 10:00am the U.S. Supreme Court heard the arguments from both sides of the Prop 8 trial in effect right now. If you watched it, you saw that the opponents for Prop 8 had a stronger case, so the question is should the U.S. Supreme Court grant the proponents standing?

You may be reading this and thinking, "of course they should not allow them standing, then Californian's can resume marriage equality." There are a few factors you do need to keep in mind though. If you watched the arguments in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that eventually shifted the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, temporarily, to clarify the law on whether or not proponents for any measure are allowed to defend the measure in court once enacted into law if State Officials decline to do so. Here's the deal, if U.S. Supreme Court says no (which they will have an answer by Dec. 3, 2011) then the 9th Circuit is allowed to ask more questions of the U.S. Supreme Court to get more detail on the situation and in the end will most likely result in marriage equality within California.

Now, time and time again the proponents for Prop 8 have not been able to make a legitimate argument to defend the proposition ruled unconstitutional by Judge Vaughn Walker. They have pulled out every stop they could possibly pull in this debate of values, but once again they have failed and continue to fail. Here's the deal though, call me crazy, but it would actually be a GOOD THING if the U.S. Supreme Court grants them standing. You're probably thinking to yourself, "Jon Scott what are you saying, you need to stop." First off I won't stop because the title of the blog says it all, Second proponents gaining standing would be a good thing (slightly risky) because of this reason here... but first a little education on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

There are 11 Circuit Court of Appeals for the United States. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals covers these following districts:

• Alaska
• Arizona
• Central District of California
  
• Eastern District of California
  
• Western District of California
  
• Southern District of California
  
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Montana
• Nevada
• Oregon
• Eastern District of Washington
• Western District of Washington
  

It also has jurisdiction over Guam and Northern Mariana Islands. That's 9 States and 15 Districts.

This means that the 9th circuit is the largest of them all with 19.72% (as of 2009) of the National Population under its jurisdiction. Here is a map of the districts and their jurisdictions.


So, if the U.S. Supreme Court grants the Prop 8 proponents standing, the 9th Circuit will hear this case. If you watched the opening statements in the 9th Circuit on the webcast you saw that proponents had a hard time making their case and were called out on their contradictions. With standing granted, if granted, and the 9th Circuit rules Prop 8 as unconstitutional, ALL territories/districts within the 9th Circuit will have to follow suit. Meaning marriage equality would exist in every district under the 9th Circuit's jurisdiction.

Gay marriage is legal in six states as of right now Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and D.C. (I know D.C. is not a state). With these 6 plus the 9 other states and 2 territories we are looking at a total of 17, yeah 34% of this country, with full marriage equality. This will help us push forward and fight to end DOMA once and for all. This will give equal rights to everyone, and would be the start to take on FEDERAL MARRIAGE EQUALITY... the 9th Circuit case is important for more than just Californian's.

So if the U.S. Supreme Court grants the Prop 8 Proponents standing, its actually a good thing.

Keep the fight going, FEDERAL MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR 2012

President Obama Addresses the 15th Annual HRC National Dinner

Full GOP Debate in Case you Missed it....

BTW Ron Paul handled it, little air time due to Romney and Perry decided to go at each others throat. Ron Paul walked away crowd favorite and was the only candidate with substance. Here's the entire Debate, watch for yourself.

PROP 8 US SUPREME COURT...

Bet you are wondering what happened in Supreme Court, well you should have watched it or followed AFER on Twitter. This is what happened, proponents really didn't have a strong case and completely ran out of time, so stay tuned for the decision and news in between, they will be announcing their decision by Dec. 6th, or 90 days from the hearing.

Thanks guys... sorry I haven't posted.

Another GOP Signs Anti Gay Marriage Bill... WTF?!

THIS SHIT IS GETTING EXTREMELY OLD AND DISGUSTING!

Rick Perry GOP Candidate for 2012 Presidential nomination has signed a pledge banning gay marriage. This is contrary to what he told Colorado in reference to New York, "That's New York, and that's their business, that's fine with me." He already has claimed he would leave gay marriage up to the states, but when confronted by the National Organization for Marriage to sign the pledge, to gain votes he signed it. Already turning into a politician, says one thing than signs another. Obviously NONE OF HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISES are true. Rick you might as well just shit on our economy, foreign policy, health care, etc. You disgust me to a maximum degree. Yet as you can see by the picture (truly an appropriate one) he can handle a phallic symbol like a champion. Sorry Perry, but I could have been nice about the graphics, but you left me no choice. Take a bite of it you dick, don't deep throat.

GOP candidates to also to sign Anti-Gay pledges include the likes of Minnesota Congress Woman Michele Bachmann, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. While former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. and my personal favorite Ron Paul has not and is not signing any pledges.

I recently posted a video from a debate in which Ron Paul said "to create and amendment against gay marriage is absolutely unnecessary, and if you believe in federalism you will leave it up to the states." He's absolutely right, these anti-gay "pro-family" groups complain they don't want our gay marriages shoved down their throat, much unlike Perry hoping that corn dog was actually Michele Bachmann's husband's penis. Well we don't want to shove our marriages down your throat, but our state might not agree with your state. If our state says let them be married, then we should be allowed to be married. Otherwise, you might as well just kiss the jobs of all Governors and Attorney Generals appointed to each state. They are here to serve as our voices, you are taking away the constitutional responsibilities delegated to them by vote of the people.

I learned about this anti-gay pledge from a tweet I saw leading me to the article at http://www.boston.com/Boston/politicalintelligence/2011/08/perry-signs-anti-gay-marriage-pledge/sGqX6Ir6FL4HZwyOQSzvKN/index.html">Boston.com. This is what the pledge includes...

The pledge commits a candidate to support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman, defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court, appoint judicial nominees and an attorney general who would reject a constitutional right to gay marriage, establish a commission to investigate harassment of anti-gay marriage donors or organizers, and let the people of Washington, D.C., vote on gay marriage.

Don't let these hateful candidates run our country, next they will be revoking the rights of Non-Whites and Women. Soon if you are not Evangelical Christian you will be breaking the law. This will also appoint Judges that are Partial and will not serve up Justice, instead they will serve up the Personal Vendetta's of these fundamentalists.

Also found in this article Brian Brown, president of NOM, said by signing this pledge, "Perry makes crystal clear that, contrary to the conventional wisdom, Gay Marriage is going to be a bigger issue in 2012 than it was in 2008, because the difference between the GOP nominee and President Obama is going to be large and clear."

So to you Rick Perry I have one thing to say, go fuck yourself (with that corn dog).