There is no way to put a kind face on this matter.
Voting against marriage is wrong. It is hateful. These measures have passed largely because naive people have been hoodwinked into thinking that terrible things will happen if same-sex marriage is allowed.
To try to justify the passage of Proposition 8 as a procedural matter is cynical and contemptible. The issue at hand is not and never has been "judicial activism." The concept itself is absurd. Every decision made by a judge or court is, ipso facto, a decision that has been taken away from the people. How odd that the people don't seem to mind this until a judge decides something that offends their sensibilities. The idea that there is a substantial bloc of voters who personally supported same-sex marriage, but chose to defeat it strictly because they were upset at the way in which it was enacted is nothing short of bizarre.
This is not a narrow argument about the separation of powers. It is a culture war. You will have to remember that when you speak in its defense.
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Voting against marriage is wrong. It is hateful. These measures have passed largely because naive people have been hoodwinked into thinking that terrible things will happen if same-sex marriage is allowed.
To try to justify the passage of Proposition 8 as a procedural matter is cynical and contemptible. The issue at hand is not and never has been "judicial activism." The concept itself is absurd. Every decision made by a judge or court is, ipso facto, a decision that has been taken away from the people. How odd that the people don't seem to mind this until a judge decides something that offends their sensibilities. The idea that there is a substantial bloc of voters who personally supported same-sex marriage, but chose to defeat it strictly because they were upset at the way in which it was enacted is nothing short of bizarre.
This is not a narrow argument about the separation of powers. It is a culture war. You will have to remember that when you speak in its defense.