June 12, 2008
Your Gay Marriage Update: Herrera None Too Pleased

Dennis Herrera blasted the oddly-titled Campaign for California Families today for their latest, useless court of appeal tactic to get the gays to stop all of this damn marriage nonsense. The CCF, it seems, filed with the California Court of Appeal another benign motion to stay the California Supreme Court's May 15 decision to let the queers wed.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera had this to say:
"I am not aware of a process in American law that enables parties to effectively appeal a higher court ruling to a lower court," said Herrera. "CCF's request to the Court of Appeal to stay the Supreme Court decision -- on grounds that the Supreme Court has already rejected -- is beyond frivolous; it's absurd. Today's ploy has betrayed itself to be among the last desperate gasps of anti-gay discrimination in California. It is without merit or precedent, and I am confident it will be rejected by the Court of Appeal."
Beyond frivolous and absurd -- EXACTLY! Also, aren't these the same right-leaning folks who want the government to stay the hell out of our lives? Well, except when it comes to them, of course. Exciting stuff, folks.


I must say, i am very happy with Mr. Herrera
What's more remarkable is that anyone got a rise out of Dennis Herrera. He uses stiff language like that rarely in private, never in public and certainly never to the press. It must really be an asinine legal maneuver the fundies are pulling.
Still, it's pretty easy for the Bakersfield Gazette to twist that into a headline: "SF Bureaucrat calls Anti-gay Group 'Absurd'". We need to tread carefully these next few months.
(Not that Denny isn't the most awesomest City Attorney evah. We owe him a ticker-tape ride down Market. Or name a sandwich after him at Max's Opera Plaza -- something.)
Jesus Christ, do these fucking people ever give up?
Help us Tila Tequila, you're our only hope!
OMG - that photo is fantastic. You charm the husk right off of the corn, Brock...