Comments on: ACLU File Lawsuit Challenging Proposition 8, Should It Pass

By: Pajamas Media » Raging Over California’s Gay Marriage Proposition

Pajamas Media » Raging Over California’s Gay Marriage Proposition — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:50:49 +0000

[...] some to react in rage and violence. The American Civil Liberties Union and other legal groups are threatening a lawsuit challenging the [...]

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:27:06 +0000

Defenders of gay marriage rights have been shot down TWICE in California. Just let it go. Quit crying about it.

By: Seth

Seth — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:59:51 +0000

The courts did not reject the petition, the simply refused to hear the case at that time. Now they will have to.

It’s simple, what the voters did in California and what the courts will and should do, is the same when voters passed a ban on interracial marriage.

Voters have never voted to protect minority rights. The right to vote for non-whites, women, own property, and the end segregation were all granted by goverment intervetion or court action.

When segregation was struck down, the majority threatened the lives of so called activist judges. Judges have always been been a target when it comes to the guarantee of human rights.

Also, despite what some may claim, the California Constititon makes a clear distinction between a revision and an admendment. They are not inter-changable words.

By: Vicki of Long Beach, Ca

Vicki of Long Beach, Ca — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:28:44 +0000

What we need to do is attack the education code 51890…’(D) Family health and child development, including the legal and financial aspects and responsibilities of marriage and parenthood’. This is the REASON
that PROP 8 is using. In other words we need to overturn this, so NO MARRAGE IS DISCUSSED, STRAIGHT OR GAY. What excuse will they use if this education code is changed?
EDUCASTION CODE IS AGAINST MY CIVAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF EXPRESSION OF RELIGION. We want to force PROP 8 to ADMIT IT IS A RELIGIOUS argument….

By: Freeman

Freeman — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:45:44 +0000

I’m really concerned as to how legal propositions that go all the way through the public voter system can be taken to court as unfair, or whatever. It seems to me that this issue though stressful, is a closed issue once voted over and turned into a law.

By: David

David — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:21:52 +0000

This is twice that the people of California have, not by mob rule, but by voting, said, this is the moral limit, live within it. To state that it is someones right, infers they had it to begin with.

If they believe they have a case for gay marriage, take it back to the ballot box, convince the people of California that their rights have been slandered. Constitutional amendments can be reversed. But, they wont do that, they will whine, they will protest and they will demand a judge make their lives better. Hopefully the supreme court, which I am not counting on, will uphold this addition to the constitution of California.

By: ACLU Files Lawsuit To Challenge Proposition 8 | Stuck On Stupid

ACLU Files Lawsuit To Challenge Proposition 8 | Stuck On Stupid — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:05:35 +0000

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By: S. Fitzmartin

S. Fitzmartin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:01:46 +0000

I totally approve the ACLU’s actions on this issue. One important constitutional duty of the judiciary is to protect the rights of minorities. Otherwise, mob rule ensues. Unless you gay or love a gay person you would most likely not understand or agree.

“Until you walk a mile in a man’s shoes…”