After the California Supreme Court, is California in play for 2008?
Posted by: Wayne in WatercoolerIf you have not been paying attention to the religious news buzz in California there is a chance you may not be aware, but then again it has also been topics of talk radio. Hard for anybody who likes to listen to the news not to know. The California Supreme Court has ruled that Gay Marriage is a protected right given by the Constitution.
Now if you look at the constitution you are not going to find it enumerated. Yes certain traditional rights are held by the people which are not enumerated. But, Gay Marriages is not something that is traditional. The marriage laws themselves speak of a man and a woman; A groom and a bride where the man is a groom and the woman is a bride. The paperwork is written for one groom and one bride. But, the California supreme court says it says something different - because they are bond by law to enforce the constitution, anything less is a crime an impeachable offense.
The law that was struck down was voted on by the people who favored it by just 5 points less than a 2 to 1 margin; About 4,000,000 people voted for a marriage to be between a man and a woman. Not to fear that it has changed, protectmarriage.com saw the writing on the wall that Proposition 22 could be struck down, so they put on the California 2008 ballot an amendment to the constitution that says marriage is between a man and a woman. As an amendment to the constitution the court must test other laws against it - A federal action would be required to strict it down.
The Court 1 vs The people 2.
I digress, the choice for President this year is between McCain and either Clinton or Obama, likely Obama but maybe both. Now if the Vast Right Wing conspiracy via Rush had planned to split the democratic vote they may have succeeded. The problem is McCain! Nobody is running down to support a man who voted against maintaining the tax cuts, who is not pro-life, who wants to open the border.
What does McCain exactly offer the workforce in California who believe that with their commitment to hard work they can negotiate a better deal with the boss than a union can. Oh let me see an open border with workers who are willing to work for less money? No that does not help! Higher taxes to pay for services that those low wage earners can not afford? No that does not get them exited.
- Those workers who want a union to negotiate their wages are happy to support a democrat who the union has already paid for. As are those who see themselves as needy of government services.
What does McCain offer principled conservatives as they like to call themselves … eh
Now we have the conservatives who have been split based on financial conservatism and social conservatism. Neither group has love for McCain. Romney money was able to help him knock out of the race people like Hunter, Thompson. The people with the power to throw money behind somebody never liked Ron Paul. The religious right was willing to compromise on financial conservatism given that the tax increases were needed, voted on, and supported by the voters and a promise he would not raise taxes. The Financial conservatives were willing to compromised on social issues with a promise that judges would be conservative. In the end they did not compromise with each other.
McCain was the last man standing.
People who had a dog in the fight for the GOP nomination have gone home after losing. The Religious right has looked to try to make the best of it. here; is anybody at McCain’s office listening does he want to try to win without principled conservatives.
Well in California conservatives may have got a break, people may not be willing to go vote for him based on principle but they will go vote to protect the principle of marriage. The question still remains though, who will the conservatives finally vote for?
An interesting poll to look at.
Popularity: 18% [?]
