Gutted like a fish

The case for Proposition 8 has just been gutted by one of the two witnesses who testified in favor of it--David Blankenhorn, founder of some preposterous pseudo-think tank called "Institute for American Values." You might remember that almost all the witnesses the pro-Prop 8 side wanted to call ran away and hid because they didn't want to be identified in public with the anti-gay haters (apparently their anti-gay hate was a private thing). Only Blankenhorn and one other witness had the guts to persevere. Not a good career move that.  Plaintiff co-counsel David Boies absolutely shredded Blankenhorn on the stand, so much so that Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Blankenhorn--called as a supposedly expert witness--was in fact an expert in nothing but peddling his own opinions and struck his testimony from the record. 

Well, this media hound is back and now he's evolved.  In a New York Times op-ed he's announced that he's willing to accept the inevitability of gay marriage.  How big of him.  He still thinks it's crap but he's sniffed the air and that sweet smell of victory ain't coming from his side.  So he's jumped ship much to the chagrin of the pro-Prop 8 gang who are desperately trying to cobble together a viable appeal. 

I'm willing to bet a dollar that Blankenhorn's now ex-friends among the anti-gay crusaders are just itching to get this treacherous, two-faced SOB in a dark alley and slit his throat.  Take a number, guys, and get in line.  There's no honor among bigots, especially among bigots of the religious right. 

Every day now there's some new blow against the anti-gay right.  They're falling apart.  November is their Waterloo.  They're going to lose big and bad in four states.  And then the Supreme Court will invalidate Prop 8 and DOMA.  And then it's all over but the victory parade.  Gay Pride 2013 is going to be a celebration to remember!