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LOS ANGELES – Voters put a stop to same-sex marriage in California, dealing a crushing defeat to gay-rights activists in a state they hoped would be a vanguard and putting in doubt as many as 18,000 same-sex marriages conducted since a court ruling made them legal this year.The gay-rights movement had a rough election elsewhere as well Tuesday. Amendments to ban gay marriage were approved in Arizona and Florida, and Arkansas voters approved a measure banning unmarried couples from serving as adoptive or foster parents. Supporters made clear that gays and lesbians were their main target.But California, the nation's most populous state, had been the big prize. Spending for and against Proposition 8 reached $74 million, the most expensive social-issues campaign in U.S. history and the most expensive campaign this year outside the race for the White House. Activists on both sides of the issue saw the measure as critical to building momentum for their causes.
Californians by very wide margins defeated two green initiatives that anthropogenic global warming enthusiasts in the media and in legislative houses across the fruited plain should take heed...but will they?To begin with, Proposition 7 would have required utilities to generate 40 percent of their power from renewable energy by 2020 and 50 percent by 2025.Proposition 10 would have created $5 billion in general obligation bonds to help consumers and others purchase certain high fuel economy or alternative fuel vehicles, and to fund research into alternative fuel technology.Much to the likely chagrin of Nobel Laureate Al Gore and his global warming sycophants in the media, these measures went down, and went down in flames:Proposition 7 Renewable Energy GenerationYes 3,294,158 35.1% No 6,102,907 64.9%Proposition 10 Alternative Fuel VehiclesYes 3,742,997 40.1%No 5,581,303 59.9% Will global warming-obsessed media share this news with the citizenry? Shouldn't this be HUGE news given President-elect Obama's green sympathies and his desire to enact a carbon cap and trade scheme to reduce carbon dioxide emissions?We'll see.
But did anybody notice the returns on that ballot initiative in California to force farmers to pamper livestock?Two things:(a) California's going to not produce nearly as much food as it presently does.(b) higher grocery prices.
My home state of Arizona as well as Florida also passed their marriage propositions. Silver linings...
I believe Arkansas did as well.
What's funny is, my liberal friends are more upset with the failure of the marriage amendments than they are happy with Obama's election. They really do find ways to remain unhappy all of the time. It's truly amazing!
