To: Politicalmom
Right. It’s so popular the only way to get it passed is for wacko legislatures to bypass the people and mandate it.I'm sorry, but that is too funny.
First the courts mandate gay marriage, and everyone screams about "activist judges" (and rightly so---law-making is the responsibility of the legislature).
So now the legislature does it, and you are complaining about "activist lawmakers"?
What is your preferred system? Direct Democracy? (aka. Mob Rule?)
9 posted on
04/13/2007 7:09:56 AM PDT by
Wormwood
(Future Former Freeper)
To: Wormwood
Mob rule??? Our country is and always has been, a representative Republic. What part of that means to you, mob rule??
11 posted on
04/13/2007 8:40:55 AM PDT by
gidget7
(2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
To: Wormwood
The proposition system works quite well in California. One of the few things I liked about it.
16 posted on
04/13/2007 10:33:56 AM PDT by
Politicalmom
(I'm confused. The GOP doesn't need social conservatives, but socons made them lose in 2004.)
To: Wormwood; Politicalmom; nutmeg
If this were imposed by judicial fiat, I would call it overreaching.
But since this is being passed by the REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF THE PEOPLE, this is legitimate in my eyes.
All the moron populists who believe life should be ruled by "ballot initiative" will rue this belief when the majority votes to outlaw firearms and donuts.
21 posted on
04/15/2007 11:11:05 PM PDT by
Clemenza
(NO to Rudy in 2008! New York's Values are NOT America's Values! RUN FRED RUN!)
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