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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">From wikipedia:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Some constitutions may only be amended with
the direct consent of the electorate in a <A title=Referendum
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum">referendum</A>. In some states a
decision to submit an amendment to the electorate must first be taken by the
legislature. In others a constitutional referendum may be triggered by a <A
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiative CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiative">citizen's initiative</A>. The
constitutions of the <A
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland">Republic of Ireland</A>,
<A title=Denmark href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark">Denmark</A>, <A
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan">Japan</A> and <A title=Australia
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia">Australia</A> are amended by means
of a referendum first proposed by parliament. The constitutions of <A
title=Switzerland
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland">Switzerland</A> and of several
<A title="United States"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">United States</A> <A
class=mw-redirect title="U.S. states"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._states">states</A> may be amended
through the process of popular initiative.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Stupid voters, laws are for courts to
decide</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kjajmix1@msn.com
href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">keely emerinemix</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:27 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=editor@lataheagle.com
href="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com">editor@lataheagle.com</A> ; <A
title="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> ; <A
title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] California Supreme Court to Take Up Gay
Marriage</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>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><A
title="http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/ CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/">http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/</A><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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From: <A href="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com">editor@lataheagle.com</A><BR>To: <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A><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>
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<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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