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Old 06-26-2013, 11:51 AM  
mardigras
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Originally Posted by Vendzilla View Post
I never understood the religious getting behind it, it was never a religious thing, it was a state thing or government thing.
Prop 8 in California is dead. the only thing I can say about that is, thou it was stupid to have as a law, people voted on it and it shows what ever we vote on, a judge can override it, that scares me. Judges are not suppose to have that power.
Given time, and another vote, prop 8 would have been shot down by the voters
Until Loving v. Virginia in 1967 an interracial couple could not get married in my state. Left to the voters I don't know how long it would have taken and I'm almost certain that there would still be areas with whites only/blacks only drinking fountains and other facilities.

Prop 8 likely would have never passed had it not been for a shitload of out-of-state money, notably from the Mormon church.
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