“A major purpose of the constitution is to protect minorities from majorities.

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• mjules says:

  November 5, 2008 at 8:08 pm

  My heart just skipped a beat.

  I really think that the beautiful person who rewrote the Prop 8 language to specify that it “removes a civil right from same sex couples” was a fucking genius and did it on purpose. It puts it into conflict with the state constitution in two areas – One, removing a civil right, as ACLU points out, and two, the language makes it retroactive, and by California state laws, constitution amendments cannot be retroactive.

  …I think I got all that right. Don’t quote me. *grin*

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• mjules says:

  November 6, 2008 at 4:08 am

  My heart just skipped a beat.
  I really think that the beautiful person who rewrote the Prop 8 language to specify that it “removes a civil right from same sex couples” was a fucking genius and did it on purpose. It puts it into conflict with the state constitution in two areas – One, removing a civil right, as ACLU points out, and two, the language makes it retroactive, and by California state laws, constitution amendments cannot be retroactive.
  …I think I got all that right. Don’t quote me. *grin*

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• samantha_vimes says:

  November 6, 2008 at 12:29 am

  When my financial issues are under control, I want to be a card-carrying member of the ACLU.

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• samantha_vimes says:

  November 6, 2008 at 8:29 am

  When my financial issues are under control, I want to be a card-carrying member of the ACLU.

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