Prop 8 Overturned (for now) - Take that rightwing religious twonks

When prop 8 passed it was a really close ballet I think something like 51% to 49%. It will most likely go to the Federal Supreme Court where it will be overturned since well it's unconstitutional and besides its legal for same sex marriages in Washington D.C. I soon see it being legal in all states.

Even Hawaii?

Most Republicans uphold the constitution and therefore should have no problems accepting the overturning of the unconstitutional Prop 8, right?

Perhaps the greatest thread title of all time.

Marriage isn't mentioned in the Constitution at all

14th amendment bro!

What about it? The word marriage doesn't appear anywhere in the text of the 14th amendment.

Neither is the word abortion yet Republicans seem to think legalised abortion is unconstitutional!

That's kind of oversimplifying the problem. Their main gripe is that Roe vs Wade is bad constitutional law. It's going to be replaced, and there will be a lot of confusion as a result. If it were overturned, it would simply revert the decision over legalizing abortion back to the states, and most of them would maintain it’s legality.

It's the stupidest title of all time. There are virtually no rightwing religious twonks in California, it's one of the most left wing states in the US.

Their main gripe is that Roe vs Wade is bad constitutional law.

Exactly. Always funny to see religious and conservative lumped together. I bet these people would be shocked to hear that blacks overwhelmingly voted to keep marriage traditional.

I agree that gay-marriage should be legalized (mainly because I do not care about the issue at all), but I heard that the judge over-ruled the vote and was gay himself; if this is true I think it should go to a higher and non-biased court or just keep the law as the people voted on it. Otherwise what was the point of voting in the first place? If gay marriage was legalized and a judge overturned it there would be outrage from the other side...

Meh. Whatever your views are on this. It was a democratic referendum. This just sends out the view that referendums are pointless and the opinoin of your average person does not matter.

Your letting the issue cloud the fact that this is a massive hit against democracy. Sure gay marriage should be allowed but this just showed that the majority, which is how are system works. Does not want it, yet one man opinoin is more important than 50% of a state.