tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post4122177173981896651..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Get it right next timechris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-75841600086979923762012-09-24T16:52:05.371-04:002012-09-24T16:52:05.371-04:00Good skill in your populace making the correct dec...Good skill in your populace making the correct decision this time, and in maintaining that correct decision in the years afterward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-74707399717378465502012-09-24T11:36:01.453-04:002012-09-24T11:36:01.453-04:00Any law that can be passed can be repealed.
Techni...<i>Any law that can be passed can be repealed.</i><br />Technical nitpick: Except for an "entrenched" Constitutional amendment which restricts what laws can be passed and changes the amending clause. For instance, the Constitution says that "no state shall, without its consent, be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate" - and not even an amendment can change that.<br /><br />I'd be astonished if either side in this controversy was ever able to do that, though. Not even the Bill of Rights is entrenched in that way.Evannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-71688344664370578442012-09-24T11:17:30.513-04:002012-09-24T11:17:30.513-04:00Wish you guys luck getting it right for great just...Wish you guys luck getting it right for great justice.<br /><br />It is kind of a trip living somewhere this fight has been over since before I moved back. Equality. Duh. Moving on. <br /><br />My town is really weird, what with our relatively popular gay Republican former mayor and some state senator or something who wants to be a congresscritter.Lonesparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278753827545905559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-30094529911127768342012-09-23T16:40:27.394-04:002012-09-23T16:40:27.394-04:00It's somewhat complicated.
This is my non-law...It's somewhat complicated.<br /><br />This is my non-lawyer understanding:<br /><br />It already is a referendum, so it can't be put on hold to await the results of a referendum like the original law was. Which means that if we pass it then people will be able to get married. Once people are married that will make repeal a lot harder for those who oppose marriage equality.<br /><br />Part of the reason California's repeal is having trouble in courts is that having some people legally married (those who got married before the repeal) while others are told that there's no such thing as legal marriage for them has some serious issues concerning equal protection under the law.<br /><br />Either a Maine attempt at repeal would run into the same problems, or it would have to somehow nullify existing marriages. In that case those opposed are literally trying to take away people's marriages, which is a much harder sell.<br /><br />Further, the campaign itself is notably changing people's opinions in the state, and once you've convinced someone to view their neighbors as human beings it can be difficult to convince to go back to seeing them as subhuman, which means that those won over to the side of marriage equality are probably not going to be won back to the other side.<br /><br />However, yes. If they can gather enough signatures they can put the question on the ballot next year to ask if we want the state to stop granting marriage licenses to same sex couples.<br /><br />Because it is a law, not a court ruling, it can be changed as easily as any other law. Any law that can be passed can be repealed.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-25402715223839721172012-09-23T16:06:58.593-04:002012-09-23T16:06:58.593-04:00If you can keep trying until it gets in... can the...If you can keep trying until it gets in... can the other side then keep trying until it gets out again? Does a couple affected by this law have any ability to plan for the future?Firedrakenoreply@blogger.com