What the fuck .... Ken Starr + Prop 8

Who woke up one morning and make Ken Starr the conscience of America?  Now he is out in California prosecuting people who got married because they love and cherish one other and want to show their commitment by spending their lives together.  Why is he doing this?   Because they are not heterosexual.  

Ken Starr and the Proposition 8 Legal Defense Fund are trying to overturn California's law permitting same sex-couples to marry.   They have filed legal briefs defending the constitutionality of Proposition 8 (which maintains that marriage can only exist between a man and a woman) and are attempting to forcibly divorce 18,000 same-sex couples that were married in California last year.  Some of whom are friends of mine.  

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in this case on March 5, 2009, with a decision expected within the next 90 days. 

I am at a loss as to his reasoning.  I mean, it's not as if the male-female combo has proven fabulously successful in the marriage and child-raising arenas, has it Ken?  Or perhaps that's the problem - maybe Ken fears that gay folks will show us heteros up?  

The Courage Campaign has created a video called "Fidelity," (using a gorgeous song by Regina Spektor as it's soundbed) that puts a face to some of those 18,000 couples and stands up for all loving, committed couples seeking full equality under the law.  Check out this link.   www.couragecampaign.org/Divorce

 And given that  today is Valentine's day - spread the love a little by forwarding it on to friends, families, lovers ....    Maybe we can make a difference by registering our outrage through adding our names to their petition. 

Really Ken, given all the help that's currently needed in your country - could you not turn your prodigious energies and (reportedly) considerable intellect to a cause more fitting?