This editorial in today's Union Tribune says that the US Supreme Court subverted California's initiative process by their "narrow" invalidation of Proposition 8. High court subverts initiative process Page 1 of 2 | UTSanDiego.com:I disagree with Harold Johnson. I believe the Supreme Court recognized that the Supporters of Prop 8 had standing as proponents of the proposition. However they could not show that they were harmed if Prop 8 were invalidated. How does someone else getting married (even if a gay marriage) hurt the proponents of proposition 8? It doesn't. It may be against their religion, but it doesn't hurt them! Freedom of Religion requires tolerance of others. If a religion requires women to wear a chador to cover up, then it should be fine for them to do so...but not make other women do it also (as in right-wing Moslem countries). If a religion doesn't believe in gay marriage, those members can avoid gay marriage, but why prevent others? Likewise, if a religion believes that "god creates a souls at conception" and that abortion is killing, then they shouldn't have abortions -- however why should they impose their beliefs on everyone else?
Saturday, June 29, 2013
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