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California Supreme Court Overturns State's Ban on Same Sex Marriage

 


EschewObfuscation

A huge event of 2008from the standpoint of the precedent it sets, or rather continues.. This judicial legislation is illegal and unconstitutional. Go ahead. Celebrate these brainy eggheads on the California Supreme Court. I don't care about the right or wrong of the legal argument, this is the wrong way to accomplish your legislative goal, no matter how right you think the outcome is. Look how Roe v. Wade "settled" the abortion question, so many years ago. And anyone who rails about the rule of law should be conflicted by it. To not object to that is the ultimate hypocrisy.
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• Review posted on 05/16/2008
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EschewObfuscation (65)
05/19/2008		Ah, how easy it is to win the intellectual argumnent by name-calling. Oddly, I don't happen to be a homophobe. I have no fear of homosexuality or homosexuals. And, paradoxically, the rantings and ravings of the homophobes, whomever they might be, IS both constitutional AND legal. Unlike this particular judicial fiat. The court should not be the legislator of last resort. It should never "make" law. It should interpret the constitutionality of the law. If there IS a constitutional right to gay marriage, explicit in the California State Constitution, how can there not be an identical right to marry two people? Or seven? Or one's 8 year old daughter? Or a chicken? Oh. You don't want that? I see the difference.
fitman (45)
05/16/2008		Homophobes are ranting and raving and that's legal and constitutional.
lmorovan (15)
05/16/2008		The Judges are making laws, and that is illegal and unconstitutional.
EschewObfuscation (65)
05/16/2008		It is their authority to evaluate the constitutionality of laws. Have you read the logic of this decision? I don't believe the California State Constitution addresses gender discrimination per se.
fitman (45)
05/16/2008		Is it not the court's job to determine whether or not a law is constitutional? Does not the constitution prohibit gender discrimination?
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