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Having A Public Debate

March 27, 2008 @ 10:03 am by Charles Hartley

As I write this, my partner in the unraveling of America's moral fabric is in Hillcrest inputting names into a database. He's spending part of his spring break to volunteer with Equality For All as they gear up to fight proposed initiatives that might make it on to the November ballot.

Among the 47 proposed initiatives currently in circulation are several that would attempt to limit marriage equality efforts, including one that would amend the state constitution to protect the "essence of marriage" and eliminate domestic partnerships.

Interesting to me that this comes up while the issue of the constitutionality of marriage equality is still pending before the California's Supreme Court, with the oral arguments having just been heard on March 4. Someone might want to wait and see how the court rules on what the constitution currently says before proposing to change the constitution. Regardless of their stance on the issue of marriage equality, someone might think that acting prematurely would be a complete and utter waste of taxpayers' money.

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Politics Without End

March 05, 2008 @ 11:03 am by Charles Hartley
March 4th had potential to be a big, decisive day in politics.

The battle for the Democratic nomination had the potential of being decided.

The California Supreme Court could have shown which way it was leaning in the pending Marriage Cases, a consolidation of cases that will decide the status of same-sex marriage under California law.

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