The will of the who?

Since the majority will of the people of California is so easily ignored and discarded by the same few arrogant power trips disguised as our "representatives" in the state Assembly and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, I find myself pondering again today, WHY DO WE EVEN BOTHER VOTING?

As you may already be aware of, the California Assembly just passed a bill summarily nullifying the will of the people by amending the marriage statue to allow gay marriage within our state. The bill, AB-19, is in direct antithesis to the ballot measure we voted decisivly in support of in our last election (2004), declaring marriage to remain as only between a man and a woman. Nevertheless, our Assemply effectively cancelled our election decision entirely by drafing this new bill and sending it on over to Governor Schwartzeneggar for his approval consideration.

He's promised to veto this bill because he believes this issue should be decided by the people. Which, in our maddening age of politics these days means "decided by the courts".

Wonderful.

It seems inevitable, then, that we can expect another round between the strangers in Sacramento whose odd, consistent method of disrespectful representation involves openly defying our decisions... and the majority of my fellow Californians, who are quite equipped to make these decisions about our own doggone lives, thank you. And who have grown weary of our majority decisions casually set aside in favor of a minority agenda.

I have found myself in the minority more times than once as the dust settled on election day in this state. And each time I had to suck it up and realize that I could not trump the majority will of the people who did not agree with me on the particular issue. No matter how loud a tantrum I threw, the will of the people would be honored above my sense of what "should" be because I live in a Democracracy, not a politically or judiciously run Mafia State.

Right?

Each time a gay marriage bill has come up for vote in this State, the vote has been in favor of not amending the current legally recognized institution of marriage as only between a man and a woman. In other words, leave it alone! Though we consistently make our will known in increasingly large numbers, our decisions continue to be nullified by the defiant whims of the elected elite. And thus, the will of the few thus becomes sanctimoniously and hostily imposed upon the will of the PEOPLE. This is disgraceful, disgusting, and worthy of the war that will ensue. It is a late term abortion of the electoral process in this state. We will not be "terminated" because you find our presence bothersome, oh ye of so little regard for the majority will of the very people you have been hired to temporarily serve.

May this battle never be won by those for whom the end justifies ANY means of achieving it.