Why would people vote for it if they know what it does?

John Scalzi, who writes like angels are channeling Heinlein to his fingertips (hyperbole, I like him, leave it at that) has a post about some goings on with the movement to limit marriage in California, undoing the recent historic decision that allowed same sex couples to marry.  Specifically, the proponents of this wingnuttery are upset that that when the initiative appears on the ballot, the summary will include the line:

Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry.

It appears that these crusaders feel that it is wrong to describe an effort to make an existent right disappear as “elimination.”

Now, to be fair, there is some clearly biased language in the summary.  Namely, the part about tax revenue:

This measure could result in revenue loss, mainly from sales taxes, to state and local governments. Over the next few years, this loss could potentially total in the several tens of millions of dollars.

That is just rank speculation, and probably doesn’t belong.

But that doesn’t detract from the fact that these fine folks seem to feel that they can’t muster enough support for their initiative when it is explained using plain language.  I’m sure they’d like it to be called the “Amendment to Make California more Holy.”

Posted in Ramblings
Tags: Hypocrisy, Politcs