I have penned the following commentary, which appears today in the print and online version of Capitol Weekly newspaper. Its intended reading audience is our State Supreme Court Justices…
When considering Proposition 8, remember Rose Bird
Jon Fleischman
On May 15 of this year, four Supreme Court Justices – Chief Justice Ron George and Associate Justices Joyce Kennard, Carlos Moreno, and Kathryn Werdegar– put on their “judicial activist” hats and tossed out Proposition 22, which had been passed by California voters by a healthy majority, placing into California law that marriage shall only be between a man and a woman.
The decision by these four individuals set into motion the Proposition 8 campaign with the simple premise… “Fine, if the Justices are going to say that Proposition 22 violates the State Constitution, we will make an amendment to the State Constitution, making it clear what the will of the people is in this matter.”
After what was the most expensive ballot measure campaign on a social issue in the history of this country, the people of California, by majority vote, passed Proposition 8, amending the Constitution itself, to protect the institution of marriage.
Within hours of the proponents of Proposition 8 declaring victory, advocates for homosexual marriage have gone back to the Supreme Court to try and get Proposition 8 struck down, no doubt hoping that the same four Justices will again, and in a much more egregious way than before (if that is possible), strike down a second vote of the people.
You have to take it with a healthy dose of cynicism that 44 Democrat legislators have sent a letter to the California State Supreme Court, in support of the motion to overturn Proposition 8.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:00 am
No matter what the court does this issue will be back in future years and reversed because the nation is slowly becoming more open to all life styles. Look at the difference in the vote margins between 22 and 8 to see this change.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:00 am
If people disagree with the passage of Proposition 8, then placing another measure on a future ballot to reverse it is certainly an option. Guess what? If that reversal passes a vote of the people, I will not be asking a group of judges to overturn that decision.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Yes, I wrote about the recall option several days ago.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Even if voters recall the judges we will likely get even worse judges on the California Surpreme Court.
If the Democratic party wins in 2010, they could defy the voters and appoint judges with the same views to replace the judges, and they would not be RINO’s but full on lefties.
November 14th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Giving Schwarzenegger the ability to appoint a court majority might be fun to watch…
November 16th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Once again, Jon, you have gone off the rails to the far right. Try thinking your threat through and then come back with a reasoned argument about Prop 8. But intimidation? Not good.
November 16th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Prop 8: another Pyrrhic California Republican victory.
Y’know, if the CA R’s stopped trying to alienate folks beside the Bible thumpers they might have a chance to win an election or two.
Someday.
Bill Wiese
San Jose CA
November 16th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Mr. Wiese:
Have you ever made a post here without taking a shot
at Christians and Jews?
It’s to the point of Mono-Mania.