tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post7843712481914800096..comments2023-10-02T04:41:34.722-04:00Comments on Marry in Massachusetts: How Strict California Refs?massmarrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-8717590165206194622008-06-24T18:35:00.000-04:002008-06-24T18:35:00.000-04:00thanks for helping me learn something about the la...thanks for helping me learn something about the law in my own State. Who would have thought that there would be a distinction between an Amendment and a Revision? Don't amendments always revise?<BR/><BR/>Obviously the people who signed the petitions believe that marriage should be only available to male/female couples and the court ruling since that time wouldn't make any difference to their opinion. So I would say that the initiative itself is still valid.<BR/><BR/>But the argument is compelling to me that the initiative process is itself no longer appropriate for removing a right granted by the constitution to a suspect class of persons. It's always baffled me and many people I know that our California Constitution could be so easily changed (well "amended" but not "revised").<BR/><BR/>A court ruling against the initiative would intensify shouts of "judicial activism" but I do agree with you, and would be happy to see, that such a decision would be the end of the matter in California. I'll eagerly await the ruling.Rick Hoyt-McDanielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09466114281907605221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-7372009868304153612008-06-24T15:52:00.000-04:002008-06-24T15:52:00.000-04:00Thanks for the click correction. That seemed to ha...Thanks for the click correction. That seemed to have been a rare TinyURL glitch. I put in another that seems to work.<BR/><BR/>The high court there hasn't said when it will rule. However, they've been real responsive, much more than the Massachusetts courts were in similar circumstance. <BR/><BR/>I see the tiny number of court orders. Yet, there are two excellent arguments here.massmarrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-30120684142045330072008-06-24T15:39:00.000-04:002008-06-24T15:39:00.000-04:00Your link to Arthur Leonard's page take me to a ya...Your link to Arthur Leonard's page take me to a yahoo sign in page.<BR/><BR/>Do you know if the court has a set time limit for ruling on this? I'd hate to see our side drag their feet in getting organized because they're waitin & a-hopin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com