Proposition 8 Hearings

The Supreme Court of California will hear arguments in March about Proposition 8, a California Ballot Proposition that changed it’s constitution’s definition of marriage to only heterosexual couples, thereby throwing out all same sex marriages. The argument is about if the proposition is constitutional or not. Proposition 8 passed 52 % to 48 % in May of 2008, overriding the ruling of the In re Marriage case, the case stated that, “ marriage is a fundamental right under Article 1, Section 7 of the California Constitution. It also established that any law that discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation is “constitutionally suspect.”
The New York Times said that the Supreme Court will be considering the legality of almost 18,000 same sex marriages before the proposition was voted on. They will also question if same sex couples have been denied equal protection under the state’s constitution.
Quite a few amicus briefs have been held about the case. Some Women Rights Groups are arguing that if Proposition 8 goes into effect it will not only effect the rights of homosexual couples but also the rights women such as, the rights to bears a child, employment discrimination, and sexual privacy. There are 43 amicus groups arguing that Proposition 8 should be overturned and 20 groups from religious and legal groups according to Los Angeles Times.
My opinion of this situation is “to each their own.” I believe that as long as it is not harmful; people need to live their lives in the way that will make them happy. I believe that this is a violation of the Constitution of California because it states in Article 1, Section 7 that, “A person may not be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law or denied equal protection of the laws….” How would you like it if someone was to question your marriage? Even bigger, how would you feel if your government make it official that a marriage between you and the love of your life was not valid? I know I would feel totally alienated. California really needs to mull this over, it would effect so many people in such a negative way. Plus, in what way will it hurting people to make same sex marriage “legal?” Look, I am religious, believe it or not, and I think it is “unchristian” to judge people, for the way they live their lives ( again I’m going to include: As long as that life style is not harmful to themselves or others).
Sorry for making this kind of long, I didn’t mean to get long winded. I also want to add that I had to go to http://www.wikipedia.com/ to look up what exactly Proposition 8 was, the article I read wasn’t very long and didn’t explain everything. The last thing I want to say is: I really don’t care about the option anyone would have of Me being accepting of people for who they are, but I do care about people voicing a negative opinion about the people they are judging, so if you do have a comment make sure it is not offensive or I will delete it. Sorry if I come off as a mean person...
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