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    Default Re: Prop 8 to pass?

    Quote Originally Posted by Koga No Goshi View Post
    There is nothing explicitly stated in the Constitution about water fountains. However, the Constitution DOES include language about equal protections of all U.S. citizens, and equal rights. So courts rule this kind of business unconstitutional. The same rulings ... the "good rulings" that even you guys would agree with today, growing up after the history of formalized segregation, you would and do call "judicial overreaching" if applied today overturning voter-passed legislation.
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    Do you believe that the Supreme Court should mandate paternity leave for husbands and boyfriends of pregnant women in the same way that they mandate it for the pregnant women? Using constitutional equal rights protection, of course.

    I really don't understand why we need a legislature or referendums at all.
    Last edited by ICantSpellDawg; 11-08-2008 at 04:01.
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