The Chosen Ones

The Prop. 8 show trial continues. The basic element the Plaintiffs need to prove is that millions of voters were motivated by "hate" to vote against gay marriage, thus giving rise to the sort of invidious discrimination that would make Prop. 8 unconstitutional. Since no one asked voters why they were voting a particular way, you would think the Plaintiffs would have a near-insurmountable burden of proof. Fortunately, the Plaintiffs have William Tam in their back pocket: Trial Asks If Anti-Gay Bias Had Role In Prop. 8

Prop. 8's opponents sought to illustrate that hostility with their pretrial deposition of William Tam, a San Francisco chemical engineer and activist who was one of the ballot measure's official proponents.

Tam, who organized rallies and raised money for the measure, sent a letter to Prop. 8 supporters during the campaign warning that if same-sex marriage remained legal, "other states would fall into Satan's hand."

San Francisco's government, already "under the rule of homosexuals," would move next to legalize sex with children and prostitution, Tam said.

In his deposition, Tam said he was also concerned that "every child can grow up thinking whether he would marry John or Jane."

Thompson argued that Tam had been speaking only for himself and noted that Tam has asked Walker to remove him as an official proponent of Prop. 8.

OK, so Tam is an idiot. Is he going to move on to worrying about fluoridation of the water supply? But, having some numbskull standing in for millions of CA voters is also idiotic, not to mention insulting. I've (luckily) never met Tam, but somehow he is responsible for how I did or did not vote?