Proposition 8 declared unconstitutional

[a completely inoffensive name]

What a crock of BS.

Who needs legislatures or constitutions anymore? We can just have judges declare what's a right and what isn't.

It's ridiculous that this judge could declare a part of the California Constitution unconstitutional.

This isn't justice. It's a judge deciding based on what he believes the law should be, not what it is.

CR

I'm torn on this. While I agree with their sentiments, I share CR's concerns about their method. Prop 8 meant something - that a slight majority of Californians, buoyed specifically by blacks, are as ignorant as they are intolerant. Regardless, the people's will and the process should be respected.

Well if you two so strongly believe in the majority's right to determine and interpret the laws, promote a Constitutional amendment to dismantle the courts and our republic form of government and have every single issue and challenge be handled by a pure democratic vote.

When a single person decides that blacks can't eat in his restaurant because they are "physically inferior due to their breed" he is discriminating and it is wrong.
When the majority of a couple million voters decides that gays can't marry in their state because they are "morally inferior due to their defiance of 'my' God's laws", it is Democracy and it is right.