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  • Equal protection, the rule of law, freedom and Gays

    Your analysis misses the point. Our founding national values are freedom and equality. Our Constitution requires equal protection. The rule of law requires that laws be rational and not arbitrary nor merely an expression of majoritarian prejudice. Any law that discriminates against a discrete class of Americans should and must rationally serve an ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by Issywise on November 18, 2008

  • Tyranny of the Majority

    ''Tyranny of the majority''. What does this mean? It means that the democratic system has been abused and manipulated to deprive a minority group of citizens of their constitutional right to absolute equality under the law. The State of California, and the people of California, have made a terrible mistake. By denying the LBGT citizens of ...
    Posted to Politics by qpop on November 5, 2008

  • Is recognizing equal protection a "revolution"

    The branches of the government are meant to do different things. The legislative is supposed to consider policy at length, to call in the experts and interested parties and finally to enact national policy. The executive is supposed to execute the policies enacted by the legislature. And the judicial has the one-by-one job of dealing with ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by Issywise on June 20, 2008

  • For those opposing gay marriage...

    Some important points for those of you who oppose gay marriage: 1) This is not about religion. California's decision to permit gay marriages does not mean gay people are getting married in your church. Your church has every right to continue to prohibit gays from getting married. This is about the government granting gay couples rights such as ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by voxpop78 on June 18, 2008

  • Will CA same-sex marriages cross state lines?

    BookBeast: What I am wondering about is whether other states will recognize same-sex marriages performed in CA. ... I don't know whether ''marriage transfer'' between states is mandated by federal law or what. Or, if it is, whether that federal law will by intention, phrasing or some other loophole prevent same-sex couples married in California ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by RunTam on May 17, 2008