Read this article on the latest in American gay marriage rulings. Here are some snippets. Pay attention to the last paragraph.

San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer ruled Monday that while withholding marriage licenses from gays and lesbians has been the status quo, it constitutes discrimination the state can no longer justify.

“The state’s protracted denial of equal protection cannot be justified simply because such constitutional violation has become traditional,” Judge Kramer wrote. “Simply put, same-sex marriage cannot be prohibited solely because California has always done so before.”

Assemblyman Ray Haynes, a Republican, predicted the judge’s ruling would spur efforts to amend the state Constitution to ban gay nuptials, as was done in 13 other states last year.

Mr. Haynes has introduced a bill to place such a constitutional amendment on the November ballot, but if the Democrat-controlled Legislature defeats it, he said gay marriage opponents would accomplish the task themselves by petition.

“This ruling demonstrates absolutely what we have to do, which is to amend the Constitution so that we can take the question out of the hands of any judge anywhere at any time,” he said.

OMFG. Doesn’t democracy fundamentally let its citizens adjust rights and freedoms as societal needs change? Why then should a democratic nation, and a state like California–that boasts the largest gay-friendly city in the world–vie to amend state Constitution, preventing their pro-gay-marriage citizens’ voices to be heard? Argh! Such narrowmindedness is astounding.

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Today’s commercials are getting absolutely ridiculous. To make it worse, it’s the bad ones that you can’t get out of your head. For example:

“It’s a table saw!”
-Canadian Tire Christmas commercial

“(Whoosh) My wrists are on fire.”
-Anime-like Aspirin commercial

“He who hestitates loses last slice…hahaha!”
-Martial Arts Delicisio commercial

The Alexander Keith’s commercials have also gotten extremely tired. I no longer want to buy these products or shop at Canadian Tire, just to boycott their choice of advertising agency.