Bakersfield California Refuses To Marry Anyone

The Stupidest Thing I Didn’t Hear Today

So I didn’t actually hear this on NPR yesterday morning, but it’s got to be the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. It’s kind of like shutting down the swimming pool cause an African American dipped her toe in the water.

Bakersfield, California seems to be one of the more conservative cities in California. Johnny Carson even called Bakersfield the “Hicks in the Sticks.”

So why are they refusing to marry everyone? They are claiming financial hardship with the additional influx of gays and lesbian flocking to their doors….over 100 in the last couple of days, to be exact.

As my dear colleague, peer and partner says “this is what happens when racism, sexism, and homophobia makes us stupid.”