I used to admire Arnold Schwarzenegger. I thought he was a strong, not just physically, but had great strength of will in getting to the top through his own efforts. He has now lost any respect I ever had for him
When one is elected to high office, the idea is that you're prepared to the right thing, not the most popular thing. If not, then one's state becomes an ochlocracy - rule by the mob.
If America's Founding Fathers had written their Constitution based on 'the wishes of the people', then women would still be personal chattels without the right to vote, there would still be slavery - at least in the southern states - there would still be segregation and there would be no inter-racial marriages.
It was loudly proclaimed by some that the legalizing of inter-racial marriages would cause the downfall of America. It didn't. Now people with the same bigoted mentality are saying the same thing about gay marriages and with about as much foundation in reality.
And yet Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed California's gay marriage bill. What is he afraid of? Do gays and lesbians have
so much power that they can do what mixed race marriages could not? Or is he just keeping an eye on his popularity rating?
If he had any shred of integrity, he would have allowed the bill through unimpeded. But no. It seems that he is just a spineless self-serving politician, bending whichever way the popular breeze blows - a weak puppet, with the right-wing fundamentalist Christian homophobes and their sycophants pulling his strings.
I thought he was strong. I was mistaken. 8-(
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