I told you so

In a 6-1 decision, the California state supreme court sustained Proposition 8. The chief justice, previously one of the majority who ruled in favor of gay marriage, upheld the revocation of gay marriage. In other words, the chief justice decided not to defend his own decision, which speaks volumes about this guy's utter lack of integrity.

So much for seeking the rule of law in a court of law in California. The court did let stand the 18,000 gay marriages that had occurred prior to the November vote, thus leaving the state in the bizarre situation of simultaneously prohibiting gay marriages and upholding them. Not only is the California state supreme court bereft of moral or legal integrity; it is also bereft of logical integrity. It, like the rest of California's political institutions, is utterly corrupt. The rule-by-referendum madness and the fear of recall that have both paralyzed the state's government and driven it over the brink of bankruptcy now have handed human rights over to the whims of the mob. No wonder that Plato and other ancient philosophers declared democracy to be the worst sort of tyranny--the mob gets whatever it wants by force solely because it outnumbers its opponents. Nothing is safe from the action of the mob, said Plato. We see plain evidence of that today in California.

Of course, this ruling settles nothing. Gay marriage will be the law of the state very soon. Gays are organizing politically state-wide, and the trend is entirely on our side. This was the last, embittered hurrah of the anti-gay haters. Soon the ballot box that they have so effectively used as a weapon against gays will be turned on them. Then they will be the ones screaming about their rights being violated, specifically their religious rights. But now that they've cut down all the laws that protect human rights from cancellation by the mob, what will protect them? Answer: nothing. Sounds like karma to me.