It’s no surprise that just over 24 hours after the 9th District Court of Appeals’ decision that Prop 8 is unconstitutional, the right wing nut groups are running around like cockroaches. Here’s a sampling:
From Back2Stonewall: Rep Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Is Disgusted That Prop 8 Judges Disrespected The “sperm and egg coming together”:
“The court, as I understand it today, struck down a law that said marriage is between a man and a woman. It’s interesting that there are some courts in America where the judges have become so wise in their own eyes that they know better than nature or nature’s God. Nature seemed to like the idea of an egg and a sperm coming together because of pro-creation. Apparently [the judges] thought the sperm had far better use some other way biologically, combining it with something else. But the voters of Iowa came back and said you know what, if you’re not smart enough to figure out actual plumbing…then perhaps we need new judges, and that’s what they did.”
From The New Civil Rights Movement: “Prop 8 Supporters Announce U.S. Supreme Court Appeal”:
The following statement can be attributed to Andy Pugno, general counsel for the ProtectMarriage.com coalition, the official proponents of Proposition 8, in response to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to uphold the US District Court’s ruling that declared Prop 8 unconstitutional:
“It’s no surprise that the 9th Circuit’s decision is completely out of step with every other federal appellate and Supreme Court decision in American history on the subject of marriage. Ever since the beginning of this case, we’ve known that the battle to preserve traditional marriage will ultimately be won or lost not here, but rather in the U.S. Supreme Court.
“We will immediately appeal this misguided decision that disregards the will of more than 7 million Californians who voted to restore marriage as the unique union of only a man and woman. We are confident that the rights of California voters will finally win out.
“With the sponsorship of the Hollywood elite, this lawsuit has been pushed forward as an assault on traditional marriage, with the help of a judge who failed to disclose his own long-term homosexual relationship while presiding over a case seeking the legalization of same-sex marriage.
It’s interesting that the “rights” of California voters are infringed upon – Prop 8 won with just a few hundred thousand votes.
And that’s today in Wing Nuttery.
