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Prop. 8 voters' rights slapped
Sacramento Bee ^ | 3/3/9 | Susan Feriss

Posted on 03/03/2009 8:06:50 AM PST by SmithL

Just days before a historic state Supreme Court hearing on Proposition 8, the Legislature approved a resolution Monday declaring that voters alone did not have the right to adopt the gay-marriage ban.

(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: caglbt; homosexualagenda; prop8; willofthevoters
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Voters be Damned!

They have an agenda.

1 posted on 03/03/2009 8:06:50 AM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

It really is time for the 2nd revolution.


2 posted on 03/03/2009 8:08:07 AM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

You’ve got that right!


3 posted on 03/03/2009 8:10:51 AM PST by halo66
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To: SmithL

They’re firm believers in the democratic process until it returns a result they don’t want.

Just liberal hypocrisy. Move along, citizens, nothing to see here.


4 posted on 03/03/2009 8:11:57 AM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Repeal the 16th!)
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To: SmithL

This would be an ex post facto law anywise.

Oops, there I go again, thinking a government will actually abide by the Constitution.


5 posted on 03/03/2009 8:13:05 AM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (RINOs and conservatives who won't unite to fight for the Right - two sides of the same coin)
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To: SmithL
Liberals telling Californians they're a bunch of evil homophobes because they have the the chutzpah to believe marriage is between a man and a woman! That is what they believe... that if you believe in right and wrong, you're Enemy Number One. And I tell the liberals I wear that slur as a badge of honor!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

6 posted on 03/03/2009 8:13:22 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SmithL
... the Legislature approved a resolution Monday declaring that voters alone did not have the right to adopt the gay-marriage ban.

If they don't have the right alone, then they don't have the right at all.

7 posted on 03/03/2009 8:14:28 AM PST by RobinOfKingston (Democrats, the party of evil. Republicans, the party of stupid.)
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To: SmithL
It's interesting how one legislator linked Prop 8 to bans on interracial marriage, and to racial segregation.

How far is he willing to go with this analogy?

If same-sex marriage is the same as interracial marriage, is segregation based on sex just as insidious as segregation based on race? Following his logic, should “separate but equal” restrooms, locker rooms, barracks, etc. be outlawed? For all age groups? After all, racial segregation is not allowed for any age group.

Obviously, I don't see the connection between the two. Men and women are different - equal in the eyes of the law, but not identical or interchangeable. No amount of legislation will make them so.

8 posted on 03/03/2009 8:18:14 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: SmithL

Hmmm...considering that next year is when the voters are going to really feel the pinch of the Dems’ and Arnold’s oppressive taxing/fees on the general populace, and especially when you realize how much illegals are costing us when the Dems do nothing about them, the time may just be ripe for a moderate/conservative takeover of the legislature.

Couple that with this blatant disregard for voters’ rights and bingo! Oh, and did you know we’re being asked this June to vote for changing the Lottery to create bigger jackpots? It also allows the Legislature to “borrow” from the Lottery profits for the general fund to the tune of $5 billion next year. I KNEW they were going to do this! Can’t wait to see what happens when the teachers’ unions start campaigning against it - especially since there’s a companion proposition that wants to reduce the percentage of the state budget that was mandated to go to education.


9 posted on 03/03/2009 8:18:21 AM PST by Right Cal Gal (Abraham Lincoln would have let Berkeley leave the Union without a fight)
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To: cvq3842

and the irony is,

blacks hate gays.

michael medved recently interviewed a black church minister that had written a book on this.


10 posted on 03/03/2009 8:24:09 AM PST by ken21 (the only thing we have to fear is fdr deja vu.)
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To: pissant
It really is time for the 2nd revolution.

I believe it is. Check out this video on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bggXQxhyo4s

Forgive me. I don't know how to make this an active link but just paste it into your browser.

This young marine is AWESOME!

11 posted on 03/03/2009 8:25:37 AM PST by Ranger Drew
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To: ken21

It does appear that African-Americans voted more in favor of Prop. 8 than whites did.


12 posted on 03/03/2009 8:31:54 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: SmithL

We the Voters bee two stupeed 2 vote korectly. We must hav dem leeders dun tell us what be okay.


13 posted on 03/03/2009 8:43:59 AM PST by BAW (Honk If You Want to Pay My Mortgage)
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To: SmithL
Only one way back to what the American voters want in Kalifornia. Revolt.
14 posted on 03/03/2009 8:46:23 AM PST by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: SmithL

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090303/NEWS0301/903030310/1006/news01


15 posted on 03/03/2009 8:48:20 AM PST by ErnBatavia (Here's hoping the Kennedy family trust is in deep....with Madoff)
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16 posted on 03/03/2009 9:15:05 AM PST by DirtyHarryY2K (The Tree of Liberty is long overdue for its natural manure)
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17 posted on 03/03/2009 9:18:17 AM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: pissant

Yep.


18 posted on 03/03/2009 9:45:24 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: SmithL
declaring that voters alone did not have the right to adopt the gay-marriage ban.

That depends on CA's constitution, and I believe they are wrong. However, if CA's constitution is similar to the federal constitution in that respect, as much as I hate to admit it the legislators would be correct. The US form of federal government as originally designed by the founding fathers precludes making federal level law by popular referendum. The US was intended to be governed at the federal level as a Constitutional Republic, not as a pure democracy. And in that form of government the people indirectly make law by electing representatives to enact the desired federal laws within the boundaries set by a federal constitution that has been ratified by the states.

However, the US constitution does not require the individual states' constitutions to conform to the federal constitution's lawmaking system in that respect. If a simple majority of CA voters want to enact a law by referendum prohibiting "gay marriage" or any other practice not protected by the US constitution, unless the CA state constitution's lawmaking system conforms to the federal system, which is obviously not the case or else there would not have been a referendum on this issue, the CA legislature is wrong and a simple majority of CA voters have the right to prohibit any practice or act not protected by either the CA state constitution or the US constitution.

19 posted on 03/03/2009 10:27:01 AM PST by epow (If God is your co-pilot, swap seats.)
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(sniff, sniff) Holding nose high in the air "Of course the peasants can't be trusted to make the right choices, Muffie. They aren't as smart as us." /sc Maybe it is time to storm the capital. I'd take a day off.
20 posted on 03/03/2009 10:28:24 AM PST by oneamericanvoice (Support freedom! Support the troops! Surrender is not an option!)
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