"Joy and pleasure are as real as pain and sorrow and one must learn what they have to teach. . . ." -- Sean Russell, from Gatherer of Clouds

"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." -- Helyn D. Goldenberg

"I love you and I'm not afraid." -- Evanescence, "My Last Breath"

“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Aiming for the Left Foot, Part II

I know it's not Friday, but this is too good to wait on. Timothy Kincaid came up with this note on the latest nonsense from the Christianists on the California question:

The Bakersfield Californian reported on the County Supervisors meeting this morning. There, Randy Thomasson of the CCF presented an proposed ordinance for consideration
The ordinance states “no employee of (blank) County, and no elected or appointed official of (blank) County, may issue a marriage license to any couple other than a statutorily qualified man and woman.”

There Thomasson made the rather bizzare claim that the County Supervisors could override the decision of the State Supreme Court.


I really have to wonder if it's blind stupidity or some sort of cosmic arrogance: it seems that the "Christians" fighting the battle against the forces of Satan (read: gay and lesbian citizens and their families) have become so completely absorbed by their theology that they can no longer comprehend the idea of non-Biblical authority.

Of course, the default position is simply that they think everyone else is stupid.

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