California's Proposition 8

[chevelle]

Will you be voting No or Yes on Proposition 8, Californians?

I personally hate the ads that Yes has come out with - the scare tactic of teaching gay marriage in schools. Marriage isn't taught in schools. Not to mention, your kids will find out gays exist eventually - stop sheltering them!

[SeeTheCycle]

I will vote no. I don't really believe it is right but it's none of my business. Besides, I think there are more important things to worry about i.e. the war, the defecit, social security. All those things affect me much much more than gay people getting married.

[TeKoverride]

YES. I am still split on the issue of gay marriage. Quite honestly, I can’t tell you that I am against it, but I am against how this has all transpired in California. The state citizens overwhelmingly voted just a few years ago to define marriage as a man and a woman. We got the point we are at now through lawlessness and political activism at the hands of a true communist, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom. My conscience demands that if gay marriage is to be allowed in California it be done the right way and that hasn’t occurred.

[nick]

no! if you are going to tell gay people what to do, you might as well start imposing different laws for irish people, black people, women, and other types of people :D that way its fair

[TeKoverride]

It shouldn't be an issue if it was done the right way in the first place.
The prop should actually be about Allowing gay marriage but instead it's a prop to eliminate it.
Either way.... now we have the people voting on it. The way it should have been done in the first place and not something that was pushed through by some communist SF mayor.

[Naka]

I voted no and disappointed in the outcome. It just feels like a step back for our state. If gay people want to get married, I really dont see any reason why they shouldnt. We elect Obama yet we discriminate this way... wtf is up with that?

[nick]

I voted no and disappointed in the outcome. It just feels like a step back for our state. If gay people want to get married, I really dont see any reason why they shouldnt. We elect Obama yet we discriminate this way... wtf is up with that?

its not over!

[chevelle]

I figure a judge will overturn it.

That whole thing disturbs me. I don't get how a judge can overturn something that "the people" voted for.

[nick]

i don't know if a judge can overturn this one since it was an amendment to the constitution.

[chevelle]

I don't know how that all works. I just keep hearing about how all of these people plan to fight it. Only time will tell. To me, it's one of the last forms of legal discrimination left - right next to Affirmative Action.

[sweethert68]

Generally the way it works is a case is filed in Superior Court and the outcome is determined either by jury trial or by court trial (judge makes ruling).

It then goes to the appeals court and they basically determine whether the superior court ruling was correct and they issue their opinion... or decision.

At that time if there is still a dispute then it is taken to the Supreme Court and they look at the constitutional merit of the matter. They also have the authority to un-publish the court of appeals opinion.

As far as the ruling on Same sex marriage being determined by a few liberal judges... this is a pretty ridiculous claim since Six justices were appointed by Republicans (George, Kennard, Baxter, Werdegar, Chin, and Corrigan) and one by a Democrat, Moreno.

I am really disappointed that Proposition 8 passed... I think it is wrong and the Supreme Court Justices had it right!!

[SeeTheCycle]

I'm nearly always in support of getting rid of government restrictions. I also think it's really weird that such a liberal state passed this one. People will be fighting over this for another 25 years though.

[chevelle]

I was, too! It was those evil Mormons.

[sweethert68]

I blame uneducated voters!! and Mormons too!!!