Gay blogs, and gay groups who opposed Proposition 8, have resorted to harassment, and intimidation, after Proposition 8 passed in California, which amended the California constitution to ban gay marriage, after a court overturned a law approved by California voters banning gay marriage. Of the blacks who voted on November 4, 70% of them voted to approve the ban on gay marriage. Now many gay blogs are calling those people ni**ers. The gays activists have constantly demanded tolerance, but show no tolerance to those that disagree with them. Those in the black community being called names by gay groups aren’t likely to change how they feel about this issue now.

A well know figure in the gay community, Elton John, spoke recently about proposition 8. Elton talked about how in December of 2005, that he and his partner David Furnish had tied the knot in a civil partnership ceremony in Windsor, England. Elton clarified their legal status saying:

"We’re not married. Let’s get that right. We have a civil partnership. What is wrong with Proposition 8 is that they went for marriage. Marriage is going to put a lot of people off, the word marriage."

Elton made his comments on Tuesday at the annual benefit for the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Elton continued:

"I don’t want to be married. I’m very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership. The word ’marriage,’ I think, puts a lot of people off."

"You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships."

That is exactly what I’ve been saying for years. Leave heterosexual tradition alone. Gays can keep civil partnerships, or create another name for it, besides marriage, and strengthen the law to what they feel is necessary.

Gay groups who opposed Proposition 8 have been protesting in the streets, harassing, and intimidating those that supported Proposition 8, and have vandalized property. Some of those things are illegal, and police need to start arresting people for those crimes.

Jeff Flint, manager of the Yes-on-8 campaign, sent out an email to notify supporters about the illegal tactics being used by opponents to Proposition 8, and Flint quoted Elton when he says he prefers a civil partnership rather than marriage.

Flint said in an interview:

“We want our supporters to know that we’re not going to stand by while they are harassed and intimidated when we asked them to support us. It shows the so-called forces of tolerance are the most intolerant force in politics. I can’t believe politically it is helping them."

Right now gay groups are trying for the second time to have the California courts overturn Proposition 8. For the second time the people of California voted 52.25% to 47.8% in favor of amending the California constitution banning gay marriage. It would be wrong for the courts to try to, once again, legislate from the bench. That’s an abuse of power, and not constitutional. A vote by the people to remove the amendment is how this should be handled.

The majority in California has spoken loud and clear. If the gay groups keep attacking the heterosexual tradition of marriage, it could eventually lead to a vote to amend the United States Constitution to ban gay marriage. It is more likely than not, that even the United States Supreme Court would not decide against the will of the majority of voters on that issue.

My advice to gay groups is this, encourage good will because history repeats itself. Listen to one of you, Elton John.

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