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Old 01-14-2010, 06:35 AM   #49 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dippin View Post
to be a bit more precise: "the will of 52% of the people that showed up to vote"
"who were whipped into a frenzy by religious social-right-wingers spending tons of bux, the majority of it funneled in from out of state."

Anyone who actually thinks that the results of the Prop 8 vote reflects the will of the majority of Californians is nuts. And that's a WHOLE other issue from the issue of the constitutionality of the proposition.

I don't know whether Prop 8 is a violation of the federal Constitution. That's not my call. But it's a valid legal challenge to the thing, and stomping around saying "hurr hurr will of the people" is just absurd.
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