CA Prop 8

May 26, 2009 21:25

From what I'd been reading everyone was expecting the decision to fall this way. That doesn't mean that I have to like it. The court adjudicated a very narrow technical point and sidestepped addressing the question of whether it was constitutional to deny the civil rights of so many of its citizens. It's insane to me that a simple majority could ( Read more... )

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dumbphilomel May 27 2009, 02:53:10 UTC
Ah--ok, I was confused earlier :-)

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excentric397 May 29 2009, 16:28:10 UTC
People don't seem to get that if they can take away someone elses rights, they can take away ours, too. If they can torture someone else, they can torture us, too. If they can imprison people for years without charges, they can imprison us for years without charges, too. Freedom belongs to all of us, not just to those we approve of. Pip's Mom

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