"... nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Proposition 8 deprived persons within California's jurisdiction equal protection of the law. Under it, a man could marry a woman; a woman did not have the same right. Thus, it enacted illegal discrimination on the basis of gender.
No, you don't understand. The Constitution isn't 3496725672987 pages long, outlining every possible scenario people might want to make laws about, so obviously we can make laws about anything we desire. IT'S SO SIMPLE OKAY.
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Re: "For today, at least, we win. May it be so every day until the battle is over"
Date: 2010-08-04 10:27 pm (UTC)Proposition 8 deprived persons within California's jurisdiction equal protection of the law. Under it, a man could marry a woman; a woman did not have the same right. Thus, it enacted illegal discrimination on the basis of gender.
Re: "For today, at least, we win. May it be so every day until the battle is over"
Date: 2010-08-05 02:15 am (UTC)