I realize that it is a niggling point but rights are endowed unto us by God whereas powers are granted by the people to government (local, state, federal, etc).
IMO we have to be very precise if we are to beat the left. In my state (Washington) we have a great social agitator named Tim Eyman. You can read about him here: http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Tim_Eyman He has sponsored a bunch of great initiatives. He has lost more than he has won but he learned from each mistake and improved his initiatives until they were as close to bullet proof as possible.
Like I said, a bunch of his initiatives passed only to be killed by legal challenges. The lefties would study and pore over the things until they found flaws that they could exploit. The frustrating is that our left-dominated state legislature would routinely undo everything that Eyman (and The People) accomplished. That’s because the state legislature (representatives elected by The People) hold more concentrated power than The People whose only practical recourse is to toss them out of office by electing someone else.
This is why, as much as I appreciate the sentiment behind Prop 8, I knew that it wouldn’t survive in leftist-dominated California. The only way a law like that can stand is if the elected representatives (legislature and governor) support it.
If (we) don’t like it (we) need to throw the rascals out!
I am all for throwing progressives out of office everywhere... and especially in California!!! Man if only they could get a grip and open the eyes of the low information voter. Reagan reached them... captured their imagination... he did it as Governor and he did it as President. I understand that was long ago and that California has slanted hard left... but I still wish it would happen and I know that it is possible... however unlikely. Sad times these.
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