Um…it’s been in the news for months and yet people didn’t know they were voting it into law? This isn’t even the first time they’ve voted for it. She must think Californians are clueless:

In a wide-ranging interview with The Chronicle, Pelosi said she believes some voters might not have fully understood the initiative, which overturned a state Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. The measure was approved 52 to 48 percent.
“Unfortunately, I think people thought they were making a statement about what their view of same-sex marriage was,” the San Francisco Democrat said. “I don’t know if it was clear that this meant that we are amending the Constitution to diminish freedom in our state.”

So, those who voted against it were smart and had figured out that this was an amendment to the Constitution but those who voted for it weren’t too smart, they thought they were taking a poll.
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BTW, in related news Melissa Etheridge says she won’t pay her state income tax since she’s isn’t given the same rights as everyone else:

Okay. So Prop 8 passed. Alright, I get it. 51% of you think that I am a second class citizen. Alright then. So my wife, uh I mean, roommate? Girlfriend? Special lady friend? You are gonna have to help me here because I am not sure what to call her now. Anyways, she and I are not allowed the same right under the state constitution as any other citizen. Okay, so I am taking that to mean I do not have to pay my state taxes because I am not a full citizen. I mean that would just be wrong, to make someone pay taxes and not give them the same rights, sounds sort of like that taxation without representation thing from the history books.
Okay, cool I don’t mean to get too personal here but there is a lot I can do with the extra half a million dollars that I will be keeping instead of handing it over to the state of California. Oh, and I am sure Ellen will be a little excited to keep her bazillion bucks that she pays in taxes too. Wow, come to think of it, there are quite a few of us fortunate gay folks that will be having some extra cash this year. What recession? We’re gay! I am sure there will be a little box on the tax forms now single, married, divorced, gay, check here if you are gay, yeah, that’s not so bad. Of course all of the waiters and hairdressers and UPS workers and gym teachers and such, they won’t have to pay their taxes either.

I wonder if she’ll actually go through with it since she’s made herself such an obvious target. They’ll certainly be checking for her tax return and I’m sure coming after her.
So, I got to thinking that if she stops paying her taxes, shouldn’t she forgo the benefits of those taxes? But then I wondered, what the heck would she have to give up? And I couldn’t think of anything. Can you?