Proposition 8 – It’s about YOUR rights

Under California law, “domestic partners shall have the same rights, protections and benefits” as married spouses (Family Code §297.5.). Prop8 doesn’t take rights from same-sex couples but its failure will take them from YOU:

Courts have an important role in government but NOT in defining American values. That right belongs with the people.

To overrule the voters, the court must find unequivocally that voters have done something they cannot legally do. That was not the case here. This case divided the court resulting in a narrow decision to overturn state law – not because voters were legally wrong, but because four judges decided to change the law to suit their views. Presumably, 4 million Californians were stupid to think that traditional marriage was critical to the common good.