A summary of the news from the first two days of the defense (anti-gay side) in the Boies/Olson federal lawsuit going on right now:
Gays Are Discriminated Against, But They’re So Popular That It Shouldn’t Matter!
Or am I reading the headlines wrong? More below…
I keep an eye on a “gay news” newsfeed. Here is the summary of articles written about the first day-and-a-half of the pro-Prop 8 side (that is, anti-gay marriage) in the trial in California:
Defense calls first witness at gay marriage trial (AP) Yesterday, 04:43 PM
AP – Gay people in California enjoy substantial political power as a result of nearly unanimous support from high-ranking elected officials, labor unions, newspapers, corporations and progressive religious groups, a political scientist testified Monday in a federal trial on the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
Read more…
Prop. 8 trial: defenders of gay-marriage ban make their case (The Christian Science Monitor) Yesterday, 07:05 PM
The Christian Science Monitor – Lawyers defending Proposition 8, California’s ban on gay marriage, brought their first witnesses to the stand Monday to to testify that gays and lesbians enjoy a rising level of political and cultural support in America. Read more…
California gay marriage opponents argue no discrimination (Reuters) Yesterday, 07:23 PM
Reuters – A U.S. federal court considering whether a California ban on gay marriage denies constitutional rights was told on Monday that gays and lesbians have strong political allies, including California’s governor and the state’s Democratic Party. Read more…
Gays, lesbians increasingly powerful, court told (AFP) Yesterday, 11:21 PM
AFP – The influence of homosexuals in US politics is significant and growing, an expert testified, as opponents of same-sex marriage opened their case in a federal trial challenging California’s gay marriage ban.
Read more…
Witness in marriage trial says gays face job bias (AP) Today, 01:00 PM
AP – A political scientist testifying for the sponsors of California’s same-sex marriage measure acknowledges that gays and lesbians face significant discrimination in the workplace.
Read more…
Catch that?
You’ve heard of journalism pieces where they “go behind the headlines”? I’m not gonna do that. I’m not going to click those links, I’m simply going to go from the headlines and brief summaries. (Hey, that’s as much prep as anyone does before going on TV!!)
The defense (pro-prop8, anti-gay marriage) calls its first witness yesterday whose main argument is that gay people have “substantial political power from high-ranking elected officials, labor unions, newspapers, corporations and progressive religious groups.” They say gays have the support of the Democratic party and even Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Really? And what has he done for teh gays?) They say we have a “rising level of cultural support in America.”
Remember this is the opening day of the people against gay marriage!
I think many gays would be surprised to hear that. Regardless…
SO?
I mean, that’s an argument against gay marriage?
I guess they’re building their case that there cannot be unequal protection, there’s no need for a court to step in because we gays are already so very powerful! (That’s a laugh.)
But all that was yesterday. The first witness for the defense. What’s today’s headline? Oh, yeah: Gays face significant discrimination in the workplace. It’s pretty easy to guess that this is the same political scientist* from yesterday who is now undergoing cross-examination today! Oops!! Looks like the super-connected, mighty-and-powerful gays FORGOT TO use their power to remedy workplace discrimination — not to mention equalize adoption rights, erase childhood bullying through education, repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and oh-fucking-yeah LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE!
But, other than those things, Gays Rule The World. (At least according to the defenders of anti-gay legislation.)
…just cannot believe that that is their defense!
