Posted on 09/30/2024 4:03:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
California has changed since 2008 when it comes to attitudes about same-sex marriage, and that’s all to the good. Despite voting overwhelmingly for Barack Obama for president that year, the state’s electorate also passed Proposition 8, a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
Of course, those were different times. Even Obama said at the time that marriage was between a man and a woman. It didn’t take long for him and the California electorate to acknowledge that marriage is a right that is fundamental to all people.
A district judge ruled in 2010 that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional and in 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to overturn that decision, ruling that the people appealing — proponents of the measure — lacked standing. The state of California refused to defend Proposition 8. By that time, a USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll had already found that 58% of Californians believed that same-sex marriage deserved legal protection.
In other words, had Proposition 8 remained in force, Californians almost certainly would have brought the issue to the ballot again and voters almost certainly would have kicked that ugly constitutional amendment to the curb.
But because the measure had been defeated in the courts, there was no rush to remove it from the state Constitution. Until now.
The nationwide rumblings against protection for LGBTQ+ people — along with cruel legislation in some states — have been growing, just as they had against abortion rights before Roe vs. Wade was overturned. The U.S. Supreme Court has shown itself to be capricious and political, ignoring legal precedent time and again to carry out an agenda of extreme conservatism as well as protection for former President Trump in ways that defy the rules of democracy.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Who cares change the California Constitution for the insane
Cleaning up Kamala’s mess - She was the California AG who refused to support the will of the people and support Prop 8 - she simply defaulted and the Court ruled it was unconstitutional.
She’s Train wreck.
Prove it Chumps...And by the way, exactly where are the "rules of democracy" set down? Except in your damaged brains...
I’m glad Californians are finally tackling the real issues challenging their state
I’d rather eliminate the anti Christian bigotry implemented since Obergefell.
Can you spare a bit of charity for us? We passed prop 8 by, I think 56%. This editorial puts a very sweet gloss on the fact that the constitutional officers whose job it was to defend the law refused to do so, and the courts rammed it down our throats. The theme of this editorial is we should now show our submission by voting for Prop 3. So I think we deserve more than a “they’re insane, so screw em” response
Just more Godlessness from the LA Slimes...
Of course, those were different times.
Yes, those were the times when we learned that our votes mean nothing.
Since such an amendment does absolutely NOTHING in practical application of state policy, you have to believe that its real intent is to further de-gender marriage and, as a result, parenthood. It will also further demonize biblical Christians.
Just because a delusion wins a popular vote doesn’t make it the Truth. Beware California.
The rhetoric in this article really got under my skin. The way they just attacked the very people who voted for prop 8.
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