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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
I'm not going to lie. I didn't read it, mainly because the California constitution isn't what's in question here.
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You're asking specific questions about my state's constitution. I figure that the best place to start is to actually read it. It's a damn fine piece of writing. You'd likely find the section I specifically cited (it's really not a long read at all) to be relevant to the discussion.
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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
I'm feeling a sort of disconnect here. You seem to be ignoring why amendments exist in the first place or their purpose in existing. The courts initially said that, as per California's state constitution, that statutes denying the legal recognition of same-sex marriages was in violation of California's equal protection clause. Okay. So what do you do? You amend the constitution to define marriage as being between one man and one woman. That involves no violation of California's equal protection clause, as it doesn't involve "discriminating" against gays, specifically (I believe we've been over this before). It merely limits the scope of marriages, which "discriminate" against anyone seeking to enter a marriage consisting of anything other than one man and one woman.
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So amendments can do anything regardless of existing law and legal precedent? I think it's time that we have an amendment that says all the federal funds only go to California, New York, Texas, Florida, Illinois, Pensylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Georgia, since we have controlling votes in the House. Or just 26 states in the Senate.
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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
Anyway, as to your assertion that some things are beyond the democratic scope:
"Here we are dealing with the power of the people, the inalienable right to amend the Constitution."-- Joyce Kennard
Indeed, as I've said prior, this is a right explicitly guaranteed by the California constitution (Unlike the right to marry). What you, in essence, want is for an explicit right afforded to the general population to be discarded because you don't like it, in favor of a right never explicitly granted by the California state constitution. That makes little sense, and involves trampling on the rights of the many for the few.
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You seem to be under the impression that an amendment can do anything. It can't. There are limitations. And it has nothing to do with what I like and everything to do with the law and our enumerated principles.