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Sorry, Kai, but scarier than that is the idea that our government, with the Constitution constantly held at the whim of voters, could deteriorate into a government-by-referenda. It's been bad for Washington State, but at least Tim Eyman hasn't gone after human rights or Constitutional guarantees thereof.<br><br>Keely<br>http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/<br><br><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From: editor@lataheagle.com<br>To: vision2020@moscow.com; thansen@moscow.com<br>Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:33:04 -0800<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] California Supreme Court to Take Up Gay Marriage<br><br>
<div><em><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">"They argue that voters alone
did not have the authority to enact such a significant constitutional
change."</font></em></div>
<div><em><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"></font></em> </div>
<div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">THAT is one scary sentence.</font></font></div>
<div><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><br></font><br>--------------------------------------------------<br>From:
"Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com><br>Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008
7:24 AM<br>To: <vision2020@moscow.com><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020]
California Supreme Court to Take Up Gay Marriage<br><br>>>From today's
(November 20, 2008) Spokesman Review -<br>> <br>>
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California Supreme Court to hear cases on gay marriage ban <br>> Lisa Leff
<br>> Associated Press<br>> November 20, 2008<br>> <br>> SAN
FRANCISCO - California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear <br>> several
legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but <br>>
refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules.<br>>
<br>> The California Supreme Court accepted three lawsuits seeking to nullify
<br>> Proposition 8, a voter-approved constitutional amendment that overruled
<br>> the court's decision in May that legalized gay marriage.<br>>
<br>> All three cases claim the measure abridges the civil rights of a
<br>> vulnerable minority group. They argue that voters alone did not have
the <br>> authority to enact such a significant constitutional
change.<br>> <br>> <br>> As is its custom when it takes up cases, the
court elaborated little. <br>> However, the justices did say they want to
address what effect, if any, a <br>> ruling upholding the amendment would
have on the estimated 18,000 same-sex <br>> marriages that were sanctioned in
California before Election Day.<br>> <br>> Gay rights groups and local
governments petitioning to overturn the ban <br>> were joined by the
measure's sponsors and Attorney General Jerry Brown in <br>> urging the
Supreme Court to consider whether Proposition 8 passes legal <br>>
muster.<br>> <br>> The initiative's opponents had also asked the court to
grant a stay of the <br>> measure, which would have allowed gay marriages to
begin again while the <br>> justices considered the cases. The court denied
that request.<br>> <br>> The justices directed Brown and lawyers for the
Yes on 8 campaign to <br>> submit arguments by Dec. 19 on why the ballot
initiative should not be <br>> nullified. It said lawyers for the plaintiffs,
who include same-sex <br>> couples who did not wed before the election, must
respond before Jan. 5.<br>> <br>> Oral arguments could be scheduled as
early as March, according to court <br>> spokeswoman Lynn Holton.<br>>
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<br>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>> <br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow,
Idaho<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>>> Tom Hansen wrote:<br>>> >
>From the Associated Press -<br>>> ><br>>> >
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y1axGO8iAE<br>>> ><br>>> >
Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>>> ><br>>> > Tom
Hansen<br>>> > Moscow, Idaho<br>>> > <br>>> >
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The <br>> college
<br>>> > students are not very active in local elections (thank
goodness!)."<br>>> ><br>>> > - Dale Courtney (March 28,
2007)<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> >
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