A Victory for Democracy

The gay rights lobby is apoplectic, though we suspect the decision will eventually be seen as a victory for gay rights -- precisely because it respected the ordinary rhythms of democratic debate. That wasn't the case in 2008, when the same court created a right to gay marriage by reading it into the state constitution. Yet when moral and social disputes are "settled" by the judiciary, they inevitably become even more divisive than before, inspire a ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - May 27, 2009 - 5:59 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - May 27, 2009 - 5:59 AM PDT

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by Vincent Caminiti - May. 27, 2009

This opinion piece veers off course after the initial sentence quoting the Court. Further in the article the same action is referred to as a bow to the ballot box by the Court. So either this article suffers from dyslexia or it was an opinion piece with little value.

“That sigh of judicial restraint was actually issued by the California Supreme Court” -—- “The California Supreme Court’s ... More »

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