This week the CA state assembly passed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage. Governor Schwarzenegger has said he will veto the bill and that this issue should be "decided by voters or the courts." Chicklet pointed out the complete nonsensical nature of this argument, given that the people and the courts are on opposite ends of the mobocracy-philosopher king spectrum, with a representative legislature somewhere in between. I knew that given the Governator's low approval rating, he had no choice but to acquiesce to his Republican base and needed any argument to justify his position, logic be damned.
In addition, the New York Times brings up the excellent point that Schwarzenegger rode into office two years ago as a sort of uber-politician, beholden to no one. Now we see the exact opposite from him. The Califonia assembly is giving Schwarzenegger a chance to assure his place in political history (and do the right thing at the same time, no less) as the first governor to sign same sex marriage into law. But instead we see him capitulating to craven political convenience--how pathetic.
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