About the Prop 8 lawsuit

[ursako]

I feel like I should make this point clear to my non-law friends: while the decision of the California Supreme Court is unfortunate, the Court's hands were essentially tied. The issue being argued was not whether Prop 8 was wrong, or hateful, or a product of the LDS; the issue was whether it was an 'amendment' (requiring only a simple majority of

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[lobsterbox]

I'm no law student, but that's kind of what I figured. I think Proposition 8 is idiotic and mean and those who voted for it completely wrong-headed, but as you said, it was procedurally sufficient. It's sadly true that people, in a democracty, WILL get to vote for mean things for people they don't like. It sucks, but I can't imagine what else could be done in this case, and you phrased it all so very well. *sigh*

[ursako]

What can be done is wait. Seriously, barring a drastic shift on the Supreme Court, we're essentially waiting for the individual states or Congress to get liberal enough to start recognizing same-sex marriage (at a state level) or repealing the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (at the federal level). The good news is that there's been a pretty large demographic shift just in the last few years, so maybe given another two decades we'd have the numbers we need. *sigh*

[srcsmgrl]

And we need to make sure that we are not complacent if something similar comes up on the ballot in Washington. Don't assume no one would vote for it, don't assume your neighbor will vote the right way for both of you. We don't need any surprises forced on us by those that bothered to get off their asses and vote.

[ursako]

Uh, too little too late- Washington already has a Defense of Marriage Act in place that prevents recognition of same-sex marriages, which was upheld by our own state Supreme Court in 2005. There is, however, a domestic partnership bill due for the vote this year.

[susiebirds]

Did you see this article?

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/26/735571/-Read-page-36.-They-just-cut-Prop-8-to-the-bone.