Assembly Proclaims June LGBT Pride Month Despite GOP Link To Prop 8

How laughable is Gaines objection? First, he decried the May 16, 2008 supreme court ruling that allowed same-sex marriage equality, only to now stand in the assembly chamber and defend the state court? And the will of the majority? Is he kidding? The proposition passed by less than 4 percent and, if he really cared about the will of the majority wouldn't he work with the majority party to help pass a balanced budget? Is hypocrisy and cynicism now the exclusive domain of the Grand Obstructionist Party legislator? Come on now, don't hog all the fun, the less-than-honorable, Mr. Gaines.

I say good for them. They just make themselves look both childish and evil, and further speed the death of republicanism, especially in California. It's all good.

Credit where due: Good on the 7 Pubs who stayed. Must have taken a lot of courage.

21 of them were either absent or abstaining

This is actually good news. These people knew it would pass without their votes yet they let that happen. What people don't do says volumes about them. Let's see. They're too cowardly to actually vote either way because it's bound to piss half their consituents off. They worry their vote will hurt them later, no matter how they vote. They've put their finger in the air and have surmised from whence the wind blows, and it blows progressive. Like most self-serving politicians they're willing to change their stripes to rainbow hues for the sake of expediency.

Whatever reason they have it isn't because they stand by their convictions, unless their convictions entail the willingness to do anything to keep their jobs. This shows they do see developments down the line.

Congratulations to all my gay friends and co-workers. June is the month that most people choose to get married (when they have a choice, and not just a window of opportunity), so let it be so for all human beings. I rejoice at every step in the right direction.

7 stayed. Hagman and Logue voted no. How is that helping? Who else voted no?

LOGUE IS THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE FROM MY DISTRICT, and UNFORTUNATELY, WE NEED THE GLBT COMMUNITY TO HELP US TRACK HIS EVERY VOTE AND SPEECH AND ACTION TO OVERCOME HIS OUT OF AREA BIG FINANCIAL SUPPORT SO THAT HE IS A ONE TERM ASSEMBLY MEMBER. I cannot even us the word representative, because he clearly is out of step with NEVADA COUNTY AND NEVADA CITY RESIDENTS.

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Equality for all Californians, Tolerance of others, respect for all. Freedom of religion is as worthy as Freedom from religion. Above all, it is un-American to support any attack on our secular constitution and our secular government.

Out of curiosity; what month will heterosexual pride be celebrated?

Every day of every month from the beginning of man until now.

Heterosexual pride month? First you call minority groups from the herd, beat them down with stereotype, slur and discrimination - then, when they stand back up and endure, you ask, "what month will heterosexual pride be celebrated?"

You're like those white supremacists whose very existence is reason enough to celebrate America's diversity.

And in the end, isn't that what this is about? To stand up to people like you, sean? To stand up and say we are more alike then we are different and all of us should be afforded a level playing field.

But then how could sean feel good about himself if that were the case?

In 2008 Sacramento and Santa Clara county reported 100 % increases in anti-gay hate crimes. That alone seems like a pretty good argument for the assembly to "encourage equality."

Sean, if you want to get picky, try focusing your attention on punctuation; your semicolon is as ergegious as your heteronormativity.

Also, Sean, are you one of those people that asks when "White History Month" and "Men's Appreciation Month" are going to be? If so, you miss the point, and you probably know you miss the point, and you're probably just being snide for snide's sake.

Celebrating LGBT pride in the month of June is in honor of the Stonewall Riots (do yourself a favor and look it up before you make any more asinine comments about Gay Pride) and when we, as a community, embraced the maxim "out of the bars and into the streets".

We've come a long, hard way from silence and innuendo; we demand our equal and civil rights with the same veracity as women and people of color have done so in very recent decades.

For me, I'm proud to be gay because I'm certainly done being ashamed. I shouldn't speak for anyone else, but I'm inclined to believe that others feel the same way...

One would think these guys would spend their time better getting a budget out before the whole friggen state - LCBT and straight - goes broke.

Every day that passes without a budget drives the interest expense on Cal GO munis and revenue anticipation notes higher and higher.

If they don't solve the $25 billion problem shortly, they'll convert it to a $30 billion problem. Screw around then and it becomes a $35 billion problem.

Time is not on our side in this situation.

One would think these guys would spend their time better getting a budget out before the whole friggen state - LCBT and straight - goes broke.

The Dems have been working very hard at balancing a budget that doesn't completely eliminate every essential program, from parks to police. But once again, as in February, the Republicans are enjoying a role as obstructionists.

I knew a long-conservative family from Hollister who denounced programs like Medi-Cal and aid programs for the disabled. Then sadly, their teenage son was in a car accident and became a paraplegic. They suddenly saw the need for these programs. While I can appreciate how those who are well off or have adequate healthcare coverage would want programs they don't used cut, I can't help but wonder what kind of person they are to lack any empathy for their fellow man. These usually are the same people who claim a love for God, yet their actions prove that claim false. "That which you do to these, the least of my children, you do unto me." I don't just believe, I know, that the GOP is the Godless Obstructionist Party. God bless the Dems, they're doing God's work.

Well at least we can think of all the money that will be spent on fundraising for the next 5 or 10 years as we fight back and forth to let the gays marry, then snatch it away from them, then let them marry, then snatch it away again. If we could only get poor people to work for those campaigns on either side, maybe they can make some money too!

God bless the Dems, they're doing God's work.

In that case, we certainly can't support them for elective offices. Separation of Church and State, and all that.....

In a related note, Osama bin Laden believes he's doing God's work too.

In a related note, Osama bin Laden believes he's doing God's work too.

That's true. No one believes they're doing God's work more than the Republicans. The only question is whose God. They imposed with the help of the Knights of Columbus "Under God" onto our secular government. They cite in political ads and party platform parts of Leviticus that condemn those they don't like and ignore the words of our forefathers, that all men are created equal. One thing's for sure, we all know they've never heard the compassionate words of J.C.

What was it that Senator Lindsey Graham said yesterday: "The Republican party is a party of sinners." It may be the first time I've ever agreed with the man.

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