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Originally Posted by Bionca
The judges were very clear in making their ruling as limited and narrow as they could. They essentially (as CM said) ruled that prop 8 was implimented fairly and that no Constitutional procedures were broken. The court DID fairly allow the existing marriages to be grandfathered into state marriage laws - ruling that at that at that time, the contracts were legal and binding.
The actual debate is if the majority really has the right to vote on the contractual rights of tax-paying adult citizens. We do after all live in a Republic that understands "Tyranny of the Majority" - thus some things MUST be implemented without popular vote (one of the reasons that SSM should NOT be a "states' rights" issue.
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I know. I realize that the rulings were lawful but it is still kind of a bummer that "the pursuit of happiness" only applies to hetero couples. Oh yeah, I was not advocating it be a states right issue. I was just pointing out that it seemed like more of a direction that this issue will go is all.
Fixed it for ya. :P
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05-26-2009
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