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Ellen DeGeneres is not alone in mourning the passage of California's Proposition 8, an initiative that would change the state's constitution to require that marriage is between a man and a woman. The City and County of San Francisco, the City of Los Angeles and the County of Santa Clara have sued to invalidate Proposition 8.
Ellen said on her web site that she is thrilled about Barack Obama being elected president, but heartbroken about Prop 8:
This morning, when it was clear that Proposition 8 had passed in California, I can’t explain the feeling I had. I was saddened beyond belief. Here we just had a giant step toward equality and then on the very next day, we took a giant step away.
I believe one day a “ban on gay marriage” will sound totally ridiculous. In the meantime, I will continue to speak out for equality for all of us.
The 28-page suit filed with the State Supreme Court contends that the California Constitution's equal protection provisions do not allow a bare majority of voters to use the amendment process to take away the constitutional rights of minorities. In other words, 52 percent of the voters is not a sufficient majority for a constitutional revision.
Dennis Herrera, San Francisco's City Attorney, said:
Equal protection of the laws is not merely the cornerstone of the California Constitution, it is what separates constitutional democracy from mob rule tyranny. If allowed to stand, Prop 8 so devastates the principle of equal protection that it endangers the fundamental rights of any potential electoral minority -- even for protected classes based on race, religion, national origin and gender.
It ain't over yet.
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