Kenneth Star Takes to Court to Expand Proposition 8 to Nullify the Marriages that Took Place While CA Attorney General Takes to Court the Consitution Argument Against Prop 8

Looks like we'll get our answer Thursday.

California has a bad rep re: their constitution and how easy it is to pass amendments - by simple majority. LOL

". . .govern by referendum."

That's because we live in a constitutional republic not a democracy. California has been pushing for something close to democracy and it is causing chaos.

jfsfrnd Our Founders knew that the will of the majority was not always for good and that is why they placed checks and balances into the constitution. The old New England state constitutions carry that spirit within them. Representative Democracies are what we are talking about. If you have a pure democracy you have the danger of the tyranny and the chaos of the majority unless there is a check to that danger and that check has to be written into the constitution and interpreted by the courts

You are preaching to the choir. Tell that to the Religious Right and their Christian sheep who voted for Prop 8. They believe they can overturn a Calif SC decision with an amendment by simple majority. They believe the "will of the people" will take precedence over a SC decision. It has been said that Justice Kennard will be the deciding vote. Who knows - she may give them what they want to teach them a lesson. I hope she doesn't. The will be chaos if she does.

jfsfrnd I'm with you on all of this. California is like a different nation in some ways. The Governator even thinks so. ;)

Do you have an opinion on how the SC is going to rule on Prop 8?