[alancarp]

Prop 8 is removed... the ‘unconstitutional’ ruling by the lower court stands because the plaintiffs lacked standing.

[EternalVigilance]

Prop 8 for all intents and purposes ruled unconstituitonal. We the People have no “standing.” This, my friends, is a judicial coup d’etat.

[glennaro]

So that I'm clear on this: Californians held a valid vote (Prop 8), but because the federal courts disagree with the result the vote of the people is invalidated. Then, when the state government refuses to defend the vote of the state's citizens, the citizens bring suit the voters are deemed by the court to not have "standing".

Not only is this a savage attack on marriage, it's a brutal assault on federalism (that is, the power to legislate -- or vote, for that matter -- lies with the federal government, not with the states).

This appears to be a clear and direct violation of the US Constitution.