Schwarzenegger Launches Attack on Democracy and Prop 8

Protestors continue to march outside churches from Sacramento to San Diego as gay activists take to the streets in opposition to the passage of Prop 8, the ballot initiative that preserves traditional marriage as only between a man and a woman and was approved by 52% of California voters.  Prop 8 represents the second time California voters have taken decisive action to protect traditional marriage. 

The ACLU, Lambda Legal, and the City Attorneys for Los Angeles and San Francisco have filed lawsuits with the California Supreme Court.  These lawsuits assert that Prop 8 is invalid and asks the Court to stop the state from enforcing the initiative until the court has decided on its constitutionality. 

In response to these lawsuits, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging backers of gay marriage to “never give up” and he predicted that the 18,000 gay and lesbian unions would not see their marriages annulled by the initiative.  The Governor continued to discuss his view on the passage of Prop 8 by stating, “It’s unfortunate, obviously, but it’s not the end.  I think that we will again maybe undo that, if the court is willing to do that, and then move forward from there and again lead in that area.” 

Governor Schwarzenegger’s disrespect for the democratic process and for the majority of California voters who have elected him twice is clear.  The Governor has now publicly expressed his hope that the Supreme Court will again choose to ignore the votes of over six million Californians who previously voted to pass Prop 8.  In a nation and state built on democratic principles, the Governor’s total disregard for those principles is especially shocking since California has voted TWICE to keep the definition of marriage as only between a man and a woman.

Now that Californian’s have again voted to protect traditional marriage, it is clear that those six million people must protect that vote by fighting to assure that the democratic process is respected both by elected officials and the courts.

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