Prop 8 is unconstitutional
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It's seemed clear it was unconstitutional, with even conservative Constitutional scholars arguing against it, but now the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has spoken.
Cue "activist judges" rhetoric in 5, 4, 3...
I love this wording:
"Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of ( Read more... )
It's seemed clear it was unconstitutional, with even conservative Constitutional scholars arguing against it, but now the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has spoken.
Cue "activist judges" rhetoric in 5, 4, 3...
I love this wording:
"Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of ( Read more... )
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No one should ever be allowed to legislate away human rights.
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I like good news. Also, the 9th Circuit is so right about this. Even if you subject laws like that to the easiest test to pass (rational basis), the laws can't pass it. Because there's no rational basis for denying two people the right to marry. It wasn't okay when we denied folks the right to marry on the basis of race, and it's not okay to do so on the basis of gender/sexual orientation.
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