Re: Vote NO on Prop Eight

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From: Bill Z.
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:56

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"A Browne" <Rpalino@mailandnews..com> writes:

>> Anyway, if the majority of the people decide anything, and get the
>> constitution amended, then, whatever it is, is.
>
> First, it's take more than "the majority" to change the constitution..

Via an initiative, it only takes a majority to change the California
State Constitution.  Some people think making it that easy to change
was a mistake.  Proposition 8 takes the wording of the unconstitutional
Proposition 22 and puts it into the state constitution instead of the
family code.  I'm not sure how a judge declares part of the state
constitution to be unconstitutional, unless there is an argument based
on the federal constitution.

As I recall, it takes more signatures to get a constitutional amendment
on the ballot than an ordinary initiative, but that is merely a matter
of cost - the proverbial bar is rather low in either case.

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