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Posted by HotDogWater on Nov-10-2008 02:07:

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Originally posted by djjoshuaallen
what a nice way to render our election process irrelevant. You dont like the outcome, petition for a redo. lol

the republicans called, they would like to start a petition for a redo of the presidential election, they didnt like the outcome of that one. Soon to come, petitions for elections where seats of the house and senate were lost.

to open this back up is to say our democratic process is no good, and if you dont like how we vote, just start a petition and will let you vote again until we get it right for you lol.

while i agree with you in general, in this case i think it's a bit of a catch 22 -- what else can we expect voting on a minority's freedoms when they need a majority vote to win? seems a bit bass-ackwards to me.

Posted by sugar&ice on Nov-10-2008 02:07:

So past gay marriages are null?

Posted by Lomeli on Nov-10-2008 03:09:

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Originally posted by djjoshuaallen
That questions the fabric of what america stands for.

Yea, but the fabric needs some cleaning. It's stained with discrimination.

Posted by in2muzikk on Nov-10-2008 03:13:

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Originally posted by djjoshuaallen
there have been no rights intiatially afforded to gay couples that have been revoked with this prop. An institution was simply redifined in order to uphold its original intent.

Not how I view it, here's another perspective:

On May 16, 2008, the California Supreme Court affirmed that the state constitution, AS IT WAS WRITTEN BY THE FOUNDERS OF THIS STATE MORE THAN 150 YEARS PRIOR, provided official government recognition of all marriages between all couples, regardless of gender.

On November 4, 2008, Proposition 8 amended this constitution to explicitly deny this right to same-sex couples. Nowhere else in either California's constitution or the Federal Constitution are a specific class of rights restricted, to any minority group, for any reason.

Posted by in2muzikk on Nov-10-2008 03:34:

quote:
Originally posted by Lomeli
Yea, but the fabric needs some cleaning. It's stained with discrimination.

Posted by mar46017 on Nov-10-2008 08:38:

lol @ this guy

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