A while ago, California said a man could marry a man, and a woman could marry a woman. But then, after thousands of people got married, it was put to a vote; same-sex couples could no longer marry. Then a couple of same-sex coupl… uh, people in relationships took to the courts and won. But then that decision was appealed by a bunch of religious nuts, and today:
A federal appeals court here ruled Tuesday that California’s voter-mandated ban on gay marriages was unconstitutional, in a closely watched case that eventually could lead the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
In a 2-1 vote, a panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said California’s 2008 law, popularly known as Proposition 8, had used the state’s initiative power to target a minority group and take away a right the group possessed, without legitimate reason.
It’ll go to the Supreme Court, where a majority of the justices will most likely agree with the decision and then any two people will be able to get married in California. In the meantime – could be another year – a bunch of other States will acknowledge same-sex marriages and make one the most progressive States look like a bunch of back-woods rubes.
Also, in the meantime, President Barack Obama will tap dance his way around the topic of same-sex marriages until the election.
Clint Eastwood did a very ineffective commercial from car company; this commercial is probably the most talked about from the Super Bowl, but people aren’t talking about the car, they’re talking about how this was some plant spot for the Obama administration. It’s being called a campaign ad.
Chrysler Group LLC CEO Sergio Marchionne says the company’s two-minute Super Bowl ad was not meant to be a political endorsement.
Marchionne told WJR radio in Detroit on Monday morning that the ad “brought a huge amount of pride back from Detroiters” and “we probably deserve it… after all the stuff that we’ve gone through.”
“It has zero political content,” Marchionne said. “It was not intended to be any type of political overture on our part. We are as apolitical as you can make us… I wasn’t expressing a view and certainly nobody inside Chrysler was attempting to influence decisions.”
The White House applauded the spot, but it doesn’t seem like they had anything to do with it. This is the same company that did that two-minute commercial with Eminem during last year’s Super Bowl. But it’s a campaign year, so any chance for politicians to latch on to any thing they think will get them in the news with their own messages, they’ll take it.
On a side note, I’d like to bare-knuckle box Clint Eastwood. He’d definitely beat me straight-up, but I think it’d be close good fight. And I fight dirty – after getting knocked down the first time, I would grab some sand as I got back up and throw it in his eyes.
I’m not sure there’s anything to say about this, except, fuck yeah! Oh, it’s going to be terrible, but it’s going to be terrible in a fantastic way. And before you say, “Uh, yeah right, who would take their shirt off while fighting zombies in the middle of a desert…” I would. So watch your mouth.
The Parents Television Council is tackling Sunday’s Super Bowl controversy. British singer M.I.A. flipped off viewers during Madonna’s halftime show, a gesture that instantly drew comparisons to Janet Jackson’s live “wardrobe malfunction” in 2004. The PTC says the NFL promised the organization a clean show despite casting performers with provocative reputations. (EW)
Shut the hell up Parents Television Council; you really think that some chick’s middle finger is going to have any sort of lasting effect on children? If you do, then you’re a fucking idiot.
Because no one should have to watch that piece of shit of a halftime show again, the part of the video with the worst thing to ever happen is at 8:03.
HBO made a movie directed by the guy who did Recount, which is about the 2000 election, so it would seem we’ll get a movie about elections every four to eight years. Yay?
Game Change has Julianne Moore as a naughty-looking Sarah Palin (though since Boogie Nights, all her characters are naughty-looking), Ed Harris as a guy who looks like John McCain but doesn’t try to sound like him, and Woody Harrelson as McCain’s campaign manager(?), or maybe an imaginary friend who’s always getting him into trouble like Brad Pitt’s character in Fight Club – it really didn’t seem worth looking up. It also stars Ron Livingston, and some girl named Tiffany Thorton who is not nearly chubby enough to be playing Meghan McCain.
