When you start allowing the majority to vote on the rights of minorities you are asking for trouble. That's no way to run a democracy or a free country.Gay-marriage proponents filed three court challenges Wednesday against the ban. The lawsuits raise a rare legal argument: that the ballot measure was actually a dramatic revision of the California Constitution rather than a simple amendment. A constitutional revision must first pass the Legislature before going to the voters....
The high court has not said when it will act. State officials said the ban on gay marriage took effect the morning after the election.
"We don't consider it a 'Hail Mary' at all," said Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. "You simply can't so something like this — take away a fundamental right at the ballot."[From MSNBC, "Thousands in L.A. Protest Gay-Marriage Ban"]
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