The goings on in the City

I’ve been trying to think of the right words for my opinion on Gavin Newsom’s campaign of civil disobedience for days now. This MetaFilter thread, between the comments and the pictures and articles linked, does a pretty good job. Essentially, I see the whole thing boiling down to equal protection under the law versus religion-based opinions and in that fight the former wins by a knockout. And while the struggles have major differences, the 1967 Supreme Court decision that once and for all outlawed so-called miscegenation in America seems just as applicable here. To the 50 or 60% of Americans who pollsters report do not believe that gay marriage ought to legal, consider the operative verb in that sentence (here, I’ll help you out: believe) and get over yourselves.