What Can We Learn From California? ~ a supplement for Day 80

I've been "imagining" what may transpire in the days to follow, regardless of what is ruled...and found this news article:

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/California-Supreme-Court-to-Reveal-Prop-8-Decision-Tuesday.html

Excerpts from article:

 "Monday, a group calling itself the American Civil Responsibilities Union will hold a news conference at the California Supreme Court Building to announce plans to initiate a statewide effort to recall any state Supreme Court justices who vote to overturn Proposition 8."

"We believe homosexuality in all its manifestations is an unfortunate abnormality," the group said in a statement. "However, we wish it understood that we fully support alternative civil unions between like sexes. As registered `domestic partnerships,' they should have all the state rights and responsibilities that are assumed in traditional marriages."It is again time to remind such biased, dictatorial, appointed justices who ignore the will of the people, here and nationally, that we citizens maintain our right to remove them from office if necessary via the recall."

Following Tuesday's ruling on three cases challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8, which is to be revealed at 10 a.m. on the Supreme Court's Web site, attorneys for the plaintiff couples and community leaders will respond at a news conference at Leimert Park in South Los Angeles.

...rallies are being planned in Long Beach and throughout the state.

Some gay activists feel that America is becoming more tolerant of gay rights in general, and point to the fact that five states -- Massachusetts, Iowa, Connecticut, Maineand Vermont -- have legalized same-sex marriage.

Gaining some understanding why fasting/prayer needs to continue past the decision date, the days that will follow are going to provide some needed insight for us as Christians. I hope the grassroots groups are watching. Whether Prop 8 is upheld or overruled, there are groups ready to fight.

In the same way that the state of New York is imagined by outsiders to be one big city, I've always imagined the majority of California to be quite liberal. This battle over same-sex marriage has proven fundamentally different, considering the majority of California is not in favor of of it.

There are 5 states that have already legalized gay marriage without monumental dispute. What can we learn from the people of California?  Keep your eyes open...we can glean much from this...and should, if we want to get our nation back.