'Gay' advocates fail to unseat Christians

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – After a student council at California's largest two-year college endorsed a ban on "gay" marriage, critics were infuriated and called for the members to be removed – but support for traditional marriage ultimately prevailed.

The American River College Student Council, facing fierce opposition and curses from peers Sept. 30, voted 8-3 with three abstentions to support Proposition 8, known as the Marriage Protection Amendment. Students who support "gay" marriage were furious and collected more than 200 signatures to recall the students who voted for the resolution. The resulting turnout broke statewide records for college campus elections. With 3,531 ballots cast Oct 21-22, members targeted for recall won by a 200 to 300-vote margin.

Councilman Vladimir Musorivschi said the vote reflected student support of traditional marriage.

"Our campus is made up of a fairly conservative, Christian student body," he said. "Our vote to endorse Prop 8 was simply a reflection of the attitude of the majority of our students."

Student council President Jacob Johnson said groups that support state-recognized "gay" unions at the college are in the minority, but they are "very vocal about their opinions." He said the council properly represented the student body.

"I believe that they believe marriage is between a man and a woman," Johnson said. "Otherwise, we wouldn't have brought the resolution up if we didn't think so."

Popko said "gay" groups at the Sacramento college have had a history of being divisive and pushing homosexuality onto students.

"Even before the California Supreme Court decided for same-sex marriage in California, the Interclub Council put on a Valentine's marriage ceremony where they actually 'married' homosexual couples," he said. "They gave them 'certificates.'"

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Also, he said the campus GLBT club promoted homosexuality with risqué material.

"They put up very obscene posters on campus of pornography," Popko said. "A lot of people didn't like that."

Several of the students in the audience yelled profanities after the original endorsement."Gay" advocates chanted "2,4,6,8 we are here to stop the hate; 2,4,6,8 we are here to stop Prop. 8!" and one held a sign that said, "Lesbians are My Posse!"

"They were cursing, 'F--- you!'" Popko said. "They were people who didn't support Prop. 8. They were disruptive, and they couldn't contain themselves, so they were escorted out of the building during the council meeting."

Johnson said there were some heated exchanges prior to the recall as well.

"There was a lot of yelling back and forth between some of the members on both sides," he said.

Councilwoman Veronika Vorobyov said she noticed hostility toward her because she supports the Marriage Protection Amendment.

"I'm very, very surprised that the recall election failed because it seemed like a lot of people really hated us and wanted us out of there," she said.

Musorivschi said he believes it isn't up to Californians to ultimately decide whether "gay" marriage should be accepted.

"My personal opinion is that people don't have the right to change the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman," he said. "God created marriage, and they don't have that right."

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