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Title: Transparency Needed In Proposition 8 Battle
Post by: Natasha on December 07, 2008, 09:23:46 PM
Transparency Needed In Proposition 8 Battle

http://blog.beliefnet.com/lynnvsekulow/2008/12/transparency-needed-in-proposi.html (http://blog.beliefnet.com/lynnvsekulow/2008/12/transparency-needed-in-proposi.html)
Rev. Barry W. Lynn
12/7/2008

We obviously disagree fundamentally about the role of the courts in dealing with issues where fundamental rights (like marriage and equal protection) are at stake.  The "will" of the voters does not trump such rights and the courts exist to uphold them against just such a tyranny of the majority.