Well, now Mr. Bit hot shot Attorney General of California decided to have some "deeper probing and inner reflection into the Constitution". Instead of fighting for the majority vote, he thinks the minorities really need to be seen as the victims here. Personally, he needs to be run out on a rail. But, I'm sure he's very much loved by the gay community. Is anyone else as sick as I am of hearing of those fighting for the minorities of this country?
By the way, have I ever told you how tough it is for a white, middle of the road guy to catch a break anymore? If I only had some Cherokee, or african american, or some latin blood in me! But then again, I wouldn't know what to do with so much scholarship money being thrown at me.
Lately in the press...
SAN FRANCISCO - California's attorney general has changed his position on the state's new same-sex marriage ban and is now joining forces with homosexual activists to overturn the results of Proposition 8.
In a dramatic reversal, Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a legal brief saying the measure that amended the California Constitution to limit marriage to a man and a woman is itself unconstitutional because it deprives a minority group of a fundamental right. Earlier, Brown had said he would defend the ballot measure against legal challenges from gay marriage supporters.
But Brown said he reached a different conclusion "upon further reflection and a deeper probing into all the aspects of our Constitution.
"It became evident that the Article 1 provision guaranteeing basic liberty, which includes the right to marry, took precedence over the initiative," he said in an interview Friday night. "Based on my duty to defend the law and the entire Constitution, I concluded the court should protect the right to marry even in the face of the 52 percent vote."...
The whole article here
3 comments:
What?! Into WHICH aspects of the Constitution did he probe??
And even if he did....he deviated from his job -- which is to support and defend the outcome of a vote. What IS the point of voting anyway if the end result can be manipulated and overturned?
He knows what is right....sounds like someone scared him into "switching sides".
Ah yes, more apocolyptic crap from the peanut gallery!
First off, when a majority vote is passed, it’s the majority who had supported/denied a proposition, one or four or ten shouldn’t be able to overturn the proposition when the vote is complete…isn’t that what America is about (you know, besides liberty)?
2. Since a minority consists of the smallest group, the fundamental minorities in America are the families. Which is one of the many why I believe marriage should be between a man and a woman.
3. If you take the position that marriage between a man and a man (or women, whatever) should be legal, why can’t I marry a goat? You would be taking away my rights to marry whomever I want. And then, why can’t I marry ten men? Why would polygamy be illegal, we already have minorities who attempt to practice it? I guess we'd be denying their rights as well.
4. I would definitely be looking at the motive for the reason the former governor made such a turnaround. San Fran does have an extremely high population of gays. And if he would really like to run for governor....
5. The attorney general should be primarily prosecuting CRIMINAL cases and has a “legal duty to defend initiatives passed by the voters”.
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