Why the "Equal Protection" Argument Doesn't Fly for Proposition 8 Opponents
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I was watching FOX News last night, and they featured a segment on the decision by an activist federal judge in San Francisco to overturn California's lawfully passed constitutional amendment, Proposition 8. As is usual, FOX featured one guest from each side of the argument. When asked where the Constitutional authority came from for this decision, the woman defending the judge's action claimed "it's equal protection, duh!" Her argument followed the logic of the above comic. According to her, "if marriage is a union between two people [STOP!] ...." This is a faulty premise.
Why the "Equal Protection" Argument Doesn't Fly for Proposition 8 Opponents
Why the "Equal Protection" Argument Doesn't…
Why the "Equal Protection" Argument Doesn't Fly for Proposition 8 Opponents
I was watching FOX News last night, and they featured a segment on the decision by an activist federal judge in San Francisco to overturn California's lawfully passed constitutional amendment, Proposition 8. As is usual, FOX featured one guest from each side of the argument. When asked where the Constitutional authority came from for this decision, the woman defending the judge's action claimed "it's equal protection, duh!" Her argument followed the logic of the above comic. According to her, "if marriage is a union between two people [STOP!] ...." This is a faulty premise.
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