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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:51 PM Original message |
If Prop 8 does pass, what are some potential recourses? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. I believe that if a proposition can "make" it, another can "unmake it. - n/t |
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nsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. We can put a measure on the ballot in 2010 to reinstate gay marriage. |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think it won't hold up if challenged in the California Supreme Court but I'm |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Indeed, a "constitutional amendment, can be unconstitutional. |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. I heard that too, from an attorney (I'm not one). It will |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. prop 8 = shoving religion down everyone's throats - thats the defense as |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Or even progressive believers. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. I heard a discussion on this today on the Pat Morris show. |
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dubeskin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. I posted a thread the other day on it |
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waldnorm (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. In Colorado in 1992 |
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tpi10d (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. If it passes... |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. When it's defeated tomorrow - and it will be defeated! - can the |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It can be put on the ballot indefinitely. Every election. |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. It would have to originate in the legislature though - not signature gathering n/t |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Not true for amendments. |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. But if it passes it would require a revision to remove it n/t |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I don't think so. Where do you get that from? |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Because it would then be changing the constitution by revising it n/t |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. It would have to originate in the assembly/legislature - no prop |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. Two courses of action. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. Loving vs. Virginia, 1967 388 U.S. 1 (1967) and Article IV Section |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. Ideally, I would like something to be done on the federal level |
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GregD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
22. It would be immediately appealed as unconstitutional |
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goletian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
24. it is without question unconstitutional. i got someone who opposes gay marriage to understand |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
25. Invade Utah |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
26. I think the Religious Right is really screwing themselves... |
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