CA Prop 73 - The Aftermath

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with Prop 73, the VOTERS of California (adults aged 18 and up) were asked whether or not they as parents should be able to hang on to the right to be informed at a minimum of 48 hours before their minor child is allowed to have an abortion administered to them. By voting in favor of the Prop 73, the parents of California would have been saying to themselves, "yes as parents we will retain the rights we should never lose to be proper parents." By voting in favor of Prop 73 no legal adult would've been banned from getting an abortion - as it only dealt with the children of the society. And it is worth noting that if that same child were to desire an asprin from the school nurse's office, parental PERMISSION would be required - not mere notification. In Prop 73 - notification was the wording used.

Isn't it amazing that a majority of adults in California think something as major as an abortion is something a parent doesn't need to know about? Forget the morality of abortion for a minute, shouldn't a parent have a say if someone will be doing something physically to their daughter's reproductive organs? It's just flippin' amazing how out of touch so many Californians are.

I wonder how many in the church stayed home for this election. That is the main reason I can think of as why prop. 73 did not pass. Shame on us.

Election Choices for 11/8/05

The California election is tomorrow. Vote yes on propositions 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78. Vote no on 79 and 80. If you are in the city of San Diego then vote for Jerry Sanders for mayor.

A Victory for the Rule of Law

CNN.com - S.F. same-sex marriages voided - Aug 12, 2004

These mayors that think they can just overrule laws because they just don't agree with them have been smacked down. This is good. The California voters clearly voted to define marriage and, to my surprise, the California Supreme Court says that is the law of the land.

Sanctioning of gay marriage cannot come from rogue politicians or solitary judicial action. It needs to be part of the democratic process. In California we have voter initiatives along with the legislature. This is the way to make laws in California.

Workers Comp. Reform In California

MSNBC - California workers™ comp reform passes

Another benefit from electing Arnold. It gives us Californians a bit more hope of not having to pick up and move because of businesses being driven out of Cali. Maybe we won't be the PRC (People's Republic of California) much longer.

California Budget Deal Passed

This may be one of those hold-your-nose-while-voting-yet deals but Governor Arnold is showing some real leadership. Considering the mess he inherited and the lefty bent of the people he has to negotiate with, I say "good job".

Promise Kept

Governor Arnold has kept his promise. See CNN here.

Run David, Run

A tip of the hat to Daniel Weintraub for this Washington Times article. Senator Dreier is sounding better and better.

David Dreier For US Senate

I was reading somewhere this morning about how David Dreier's stock had risen and could make him a great candidate to replace one of the intellectual giants of the Senate, Barbara Boxer. Either McClintock or Dreier needs to take up the cause.

Oracle CEO Likes Arnold's Policies

From this CNN article:

"'Commando' is one of my favorite movies," Ellison said. "I think [Schwarzenegger] is a very smart guy and his [proposed] policies are a substantial improvement over the former governor."

Arnold's ideas about business are one of the main reasons I supported Arnold. If the business stays away or keep leaving then my family had better get ready to move.

Davis Signs Domestic Partner Law

Here's the story.

It's quite amazing that us conservatives are always smacked around for being intolerant and forcing morals down other people's throats, but it's liberals that actually do this type of thing. If I am the CEO of a company and my board and myself think it's immoral to give these benefits to same sex couples we are penalized? We've got all these liberals complaining about the Patriot Act and how it violates our civil rights and look what they do. So, forget if a company can do the job right, if they don't bow down to the god of "tolerance" then they lose. No wonder this state is sucking on fumes.

Arnold, Don't Listen To Riordan

I saw Dick Riordan talk about raising taxes in California on Hannity and Colmes. I'm so glad this RINO is not governor. Arnold needs to keep this guys as far away as possible.

Domestic Partner Bill Ready to be Signed

So California gets to join Vermont as the looniest state in the nation. Here's some details (from the Associated Press):

Legislation that would give domestic partners many of the same legal rights as married couples was sent to the governor's desk Wednesday following a heated Assembly debate in which opponents claimed the bill amounted to gay marriage.

They argued the legislation would violate the will of voters when they approved Proposition 22, a 2000 ballot measure that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

"Gay marriage is wrong; it is an aberration to God," said Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy, R-Monrovia.

Not quite the right argument for the Assembly, even though I agree.

"May the wrath of the people of California come down on you," another opponent, Assemblyman Jay La Suer, R-Mesa, told the measure's supporters.

That's more like it. We approved prop. 22 by about a 60/40 margin.

But the bill's backers denied it would conflict with Proposition 22 and said most Californians draw a distinction between gay marriage and giving domestic partners greater rights.

"Nobody is talking about gay marriage except the people who are trying to wave it around as a straw man issue," said Assemblyman John Longville, D-Rialto.

Sure.....

"This is catching up government with where the people of California are," added Assemblyman John Laird, D-Santa Cruz. A recent Field Poll found that 72 percent of California voters surveyed supported expanded rights for same-sex couples.

I'm sure the poll did not cover any details. Heck, I even support some rights like patient visitation, wills and trusts, burials and a few other things.

Scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2005, the bill, would give domestic partners the ability to ask for child support and alimony, the right to health coverage under a partner's plan and the ability to make funeral arrangements for a partner.

No on child support and alimony and a big no on health coverage. That forces companies who do business in California to accept that concept. Not a good idea at all.

Other provisions would give domestic partners access to family student housing, bereavement and family care leave and exemptions from estate and gift taxes, and in the event of a partner's death, the authority to consent to an autopsy, donate organs and to make funeral arrangements.

I agree with most of this except the student housing.

It also would prevent courts from forcing a domestic partner to testify against the other partner in a trial, and it would give domestic partners the ability to apply for absentee ballots on a partner's behalf.

OK

The bill, by Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg, D-Los Angeles, would place greater legal responsibilities on domestic partners as well. They would be responsible for their partner's debts, would have their income factored into their partner's eligibility for public assistance benefits, and would be required to disclose their relationships to avoid nepotism and conflicts of interest.

You want rights, you've got to take them all.

Gay rights activists, who had made the bill the centerpiece of a legislative agenda that also included job and housing protections for transgender individuals, applauded Tuesday's Assembly action. "It's an extremely historic day in a historic summer that we are beginning to call the summer of gay love in California," said Geoffrey Kors, executive director of Equality Now, a statewide civil rights group.

Job and housing protections for transgender individuals... did they poll that? So, if I have a business I can't not hire a transgendered person to work at a Bible bookstore? This opens up a can of worms.

In 1999, California became the first state in the country to allow gay and lesbian couples, as well as elderly heterosexual couples, to register as domestic partners. Since then more than 22,000 couples have signed up.

Two years ago, the Legislature passed a measure giving domestic partners about a dozen rights previously available only to heterosexual spouses or the next of kin, including the right to make medical decisions for incapacitated partners, to sue for a partner's wrongful death and to adopt a partner's child.

Adoption? Heck no.

Once Gov. Gray Davis signs this year's measure, as he has indicated he would, California will be in the same league as Vermont in terms of the rights afforded gay and lesbian couples, Kors said. Responding to a court order, Vermont allowed so-called "civil unions" for same-sex couples, but otherwise the laws differ only in the state-specific rights they confer, according to Kors.

Next thing, us Californians will elect a socialist to Congress. Never mind, Barbara Boxer is already in the Senate.

"Either way, they are still separate but equal institutions, and they still fall short of true equality," he said.

Wednesday's 41-32 vote approved Senate amendments to the Goldberg bill removing a provision that would have allowed domestic partners to file their state income taxes jointly.

Big victory :)

Drivers' Licenses for Illegals

This article is self-explanatory. Bottom line, from the lefty point of view you are a racist if you are against illegal aliens getting drivers' licenses. Sorry, rewarding any illegal activity is just wrong.

"Secret" Strategy?

In this LA Times article it discusses how one of the liberal Democratice groups of California legislators were trying to politicize the budget crisis. Very nice. They want to raise taxes, pure and simple, and are trying to figure out a way so it's easier to do.