This Just In : Calif. lawmakers back Prop. 8 challenge

[Ioo]

http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California/CA_Gay_Marriage_Legislature_386037C.shtml

THIS IS NOT THE FULL HOUSE YET, but the Assembly Judiciary Committee voted 7-3 in favor

The Associated Press

SACRAMENTO

A legislative committee on Tuesday endorsed legal efforts to overturn California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, as gay rights activists worked the halls of the Capitol to try to get the full Legislature on record as opposing Proposition 8.

After hearing conflicting and often emotional testimony about who deserves the last say on the marriage question, the Assembly Judiciary Committee voted 7-3 in favor of a resolution stating that citizens lacked the authority to put the gay marriage ban directly to voters.

Supporters of the resolution, authored by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, said that because the November measure stripped same-sex couples of a right they already enjoyed, it should have been up to the Legislature to decide whether to submit it to a popular vote. That is the process California has for making significant changes to the state Constitution.

"Some rights are so fundamental in our federal and state Constitution, we don't allow them to be changed by a simple majority vote," said Assemblyman Dave Jones, D-Sacramento, who voted in favor of the resolution, adding that interracial marriages would have remained illegal for decades if left to public opinion instead of the courts.

Proposition 8 passed with 52 percent of the vote in November. By amending the state Constitution, it overturned the California Supreme Court decision last year that legalized same-sex marriage.

[Mojambo]

1. Great.Fucking.News n/t

[BlooInBloo]

2. Nice.

[Starry Messenger]

3. Yes!!!

Please...overturn this fucking thing. I'm crossing all my fingers.

[BlueJazz]

4. I like it just for the pleasure of Pissing-off the Mormads.

Since they get their Religion from a 19th Century Con-Man, they lose all rights to logical thinking.

[Ioo]

7. as a former Mormon, I give you the fo ahead! They have it coming.

[Gregorian]

5. As we predicted from the start. A total waste of time, money, energy.

Maybe it strengthened the community. It's a civil rights issue. One notch up.

When will they learn? Stop messing in other people's lives.

[cliffordu]

6. Excellent news. K&R.

[CitizenPatriot]

8. Yes!!! suck on that, mormans!!

This NEVER should have been on the ballot in the first place!

I hope those people pay for what they did....

[Hekate]

9. What I said at the outset: This. Will. Not. Stand. Prop 8 will be gone. nt

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. While I certainly applaud this

I have to wonder why similar action wasn't taken before Prop 8 got on the ballot. For that matter, why wasn't it done in 2000 in an effort to keep Prop 22 away from a vote?

[defendandprotect]

11. Go California --- !!! What can we do to encourage them?

[EFerrari]

12. Go, Tom!

K&R