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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 07:55 AM
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2. Olson hopes it will go to the U.S. Supreme Court???????
Why does he "hope" that, so fervently?

I gotta question his motives. I just don't trust that guy.

Does anyone trust this Supreme Court to overturn California? Or is it more likely that they'd uphold California, and call the entire initial effort "Judicial Activism?" With 8 being the "appropriate" reaction of "The People" to said activism?

I'd rather see a ballot initiative overturn this mess in overwhelming and decisive numbers. That would "validate" the California Court's "We, The People" argument and take away their rather narrow objections.

I dunno if it would make every state fight moot, though, if the court did rule against the CA decision. It would depend on how the decision was worded. I'm no expert on this ruling, but it appeared to me was that the objection was to the courts making decisions that the people hadn't decided on--it didn't directly address gay marriage--so I don't see how that would "translate" to making state fights moot.

That's just my understanding and I could well be mistaken.

I'd love to hear a few lawyers here jump in and give us all the Romper Room, simply-worded version of events.
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