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Gay Marriage. "In 2000, the people of the state of California voted by a margin of 61 percent to 39 percent to pass Proposition 22, which defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Having openly defied the overwhelming opinion of the voters of California, the city of San Francisco will now sue to overturn Proposition 22 on the grounds of the equal-protection and due-process provisions of the California State constitution. Does anyone believe that the framers of California's constitution intended these provisions to have this effect? Could there possibly be a more blatant effort to override democratically expressed public opinion? If the public stands for this, there will never be limits to judicial activism again .. ". more STANLEY KURTZ.

And this: "Newsom is using extra-legal means to bring a major national debate to resolution on his own terms. By creating "married" couples, Newsom is trying to put the cultural, political, and legal momentum inherent in "possession" behind his side of the argument. If Newsom is allowed to determine a major policy debate by resort to extra-legal means, the damage to social trust and civil comity in our divided nation will be immense .. " Read the rest.

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