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Proposition 8 is discriminatory, unconstitutional (see Romer vs. Evans.) and it is unconstitutional in a special way: it violates the First Amendment.
The First? How can it violate the First? The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, in other words, it gaurentees a personal relationship with God. It gaurentees me to go to a church that believes that God will bless same-sex marriages as holy in his eyes. The state of California, and every other state that has passed a marriage ban is making a religious judgement which they cannot do.
I have no idea how to defeat this. I'm not a lawyer. But I did watch a certain campaign. We need to figure out how to canvass likely california voters on this issue. We need to build that voter file. And we need to get a measure on the ballot that says simply, "Marriage is a religious institution, and cannot be regulated by the State."
The First? How can it violate the First? The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, in other words, it gaurentees a personal relationship with God. It gaurentees me to go to a church that believes that God will bless same-sex marriages as holy in his eyes. The state of California, and every other state that has passed a marriage ban is making a religious judgement which they cannot do.
I have no idea how to defeat this. I'm not a lawyer. But I did watch a certain campaign. We need to figure out how to canvass likely california voters on this issue. We need to build that voter file. And we need to get a measure on the ballot that says simply, "Marriage is a religious institution, and cannot be regulated by the State."