The fight for equality goes on...

[deborahjross]

The American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights filed a writ petition before the California Supreme Court today urging the court to invalidate Proposition 8 if it passes. Equality California announced today.

From the article: The petition charges that Proposition 8 is invalid because the initiative process was improperly used in an attempt to undo the constitution’s core commitment to equality for everyone by eliminating a fundamental right from just one group – lesbian and gay Californians. Proposition 8 also improperly attempts to prevent the courts from exercising their essential constitutional role of protecting the equal protection rights of minorities. According to the California Constitution, such radical changes to the organizing principles of state government cannot be made by simple majority vote through the initiative process, but instead must, at a minimum, go through the state legislature first.

For more discussion, see the statement by the ACLU.

Comments

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

A number of people near and dear to me hold similar sentiments (although I'm not sure they'd agree on there being any parties that genuinely represent the interests of the ordinary person, not because of difference with any specific philosophy but because of the coercive nature of any political power structure).

While I recognize the exhilaration and idealism in those dancing the dance of victory, I remain skeptical of the ability of any politician to deliver changes of that magnitude -- for the reasons you cite, and others. I'm particularly leery of the combination of a landslide-elected President and a Congress dominated by his/her party. Been there, saw that, tired of being disappointed, enraged, frustrated, disillusioned.

Better at the moment to work on what I can change. I'd love to dance at my daughter's wedding.