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It is a sad sad day for California today. The Supreme Court today announced its decision to uphold Proposition 8 which bans same sex marriage.

I am actually surprised by the outcome. California has always been a very forward thinking state, and I really believed that after all of the momentum moving towards equality for the gay community Prop 8 would have been overturned.

The really sad part is that California had a chance to make a statement to the nation and the world about its acceptance, and we chose not to. The thing that pisses me off though is that the majority of the funding money to ban same sex marriage came from out of state (namely from the Mormon state of Utah).

Another thing that really bothers me is that gay marriage is a HUGE industry. Think of all of the florists, bakeries, photographers, dress designers, wedding planners, invitation makers, and the like - think of the huge chunk of money they are mission out on!! In times of economic downturn we should be looking for a boost anywhere we can.

So to all of my friends out there, I am sorry my state has labeled you a second class citizen. Now when I go protest this outcome and I walk by a gay man, I will walk by knowing that I have more rights than him - and that really makes me sad.

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Social networking sites, such as Twitter, have been abuzz with the prospect of nude photos of the "biblically correct" Miss California, Carrie Prejean.

Prejean, runner-up in the Miss USA pageant, stirred up controversy by declaring that she believes in "opposite marriage" prompting boos from the audience.

Since then she has been on a flurry of talk and news shows and has even announced that she will be campaigning with National Organization for Marriage - the group who came up with the ridiculous "Storm Gathering" fear campaign.

But wait, it gets better. While Carrie was riding her high horse from Hollywood to DC, Miss California execs admitted to paying for breast implants before the pageant - “It was an option and she wanted it. And we supported that decision.”

Alas, though, all of her supporters did not let the implants tarnish her image because, you know, they "make her feel better about herself." Yet these people are unable to see that marriage and equality for all make the whole gay and lesbian community feel better about themselves.

We can now only wait and see what will happen when the nude photos are released, if they exist at all. And if they don't? Well, we can all hope for some juicy bong shots - she has been "casually dating" (says her granny) pot smokin' Michael Phelps after all.