The High Cost of Bigotry

As you may or may not know, Georgia Superior Court Judge Constance Russell overturned the 2004 state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Georgia. The decision had nothing to do with Judge Russell's feelings towards gay marriage, it seems the amendment broke a Georgia law stating that voter amendments could only decide one subject at a time. The Georgia amendment asked for a decision on two issues - gay marriage and same-sex civil unions, therefore it's no good.

Governor Sonny Perdue went berserk. Spitting and sputtering about (what else?) activist judges, Sonny was outraged that any Georgian judge could overturn such a moral decision thereby "thwarting the will of the people." Apparently Sonny would rather see bigotry reign rather than justice prevail in his state, no matter what the law says.

Perdue is on record as stating that if the Georgia Supreme Court doesn't overrule Russell in short order he's going to call a special session of the state legislature to fine tune a new amendment for the November ballot. This will cost Georgian taxpayers $30,000 to $40,000 dollars, not a small price tag for abject bigotry.

Weigh that with the fact that the current amendment barely squeaked through the legislature back in 2004, which was 30 new Democrat seats ago.

So name your poison, Georgians. Can you live with the anti-gay marriage law that's already on the books in your state, or would you rather pay through the nose to be able to vote on a relatively useless new constitutional amendment full of mean-spirited, ideological overkill? The latter is a risky choice as the amendment might not make it through the legislature and you will have spent all that money for nothing.

But then, this is Georgia. Why do I even bother to ask?

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