A reply to the ignorant bigot:
Prop 8 is going to stand at the end of the day.
Let's look at the reasons for your opinion. They fall apart.
Can't blame you for not wanting to discuss the merit of the issue.
Prop 8 was a completely legally executed ballot initiative.
Which has zero to do with the issue.
They could pass a ballot initiative saying 'blacks can only speak when spoken to' perfectly legally, and it would be struck down for violating the constitution.
No one is arguing that the measure was passed illegally. They're arguing that the measure itself has unconstitutional provisions. So you made a straw man.
It may be socially wrong or even morally wrong
Not that you think so, but it's progress you admit it's possible.
That's your argument on the constitutional issue the entire case is about, you ignore all the legal issues and just state your opinion there aren't any? Pathetic and wrong.
This is very similar to abortion, no matter how controversial, its still legal.
Not that it has anything to do with this issue, it's 'still legal' as far as the Supreme Court says, which has been within one vote of saying it's not (that states can ban it).
States are still pushing measures that make it 'effectively illegal' to the point there are zero to one providers in some states. One state recently tried a novel approach in which they passed absurd 'building code' requirements for any provider that none could meet that would have closed the doors for every provider in the state.
Marriage is still a social issue that from a legal standing can be shaped by the people of the country.
Withing the bounds of the constitution.
How soon you forget when the societies of some states 'shaped' the institution by saying it did not include inter-racial couples, which was also struck down as unconstitutional.
There is no federal gudielines to oversee the states on this matter, so state law will apply.
Yes, there is. The federal constitution.
An under state law this was done. Until marriage is defined to include gay marriage either at the state or federal level, it will still be subject to the rule of law.
The court recognized that the constitutional protections include protecting gays from denying them equal rights. That IS the rule of law.