Marriage Excavation

On May 26, 2009, the California Supreme Court affirmed that marriage is only between a man and a woman. Typical to the rarely so wise court system on the left coast,they also validated thousands of same-sex "marriages" that occurred in the Golden State of California last year.

The problem began one year prior when the California Supreme Court had legalized homosexual "marriage". That all changed however under Proposition 8, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman. The purpose of Prop. 8 was a constitutional amendment, which was approved by 52 percent of voters in November, and overturned the previous ruling by the state's high court which legalized the grievous act of homosexual marriage.

The decision was correct in as much as the Court arrived at the only conclusion possible in this case: the people of California have a fundamental right to amend their own constitution.

In their normal course of inconsistency however, the court also decided that the nearly 18,000 same sex "marriages" that were held June through early November 2008 remain valid, which is contrary to the intent of the amendment.

This problem lies solely on the court when it created the problem with the first decision. As is par for the course, despite the clear voice of the majority that marriage is between a man and a woman they have succeeded in expanding the problem. In essence the court has dug itself a deeper hole by refusing to invalidate the "marriages" it allowed last year.

The justices could have hijacked the voice of the people at the ballot box, but with Sonia Sotomayer, waiting in the wings one should suppose she will lead Mr. Obama's cause in that respect.

One last note for now, another potential battle is looming over the left coast horizon. Homosexual activists are threatening a petition drive to put homosexual marriage on a future ballot in hopes of reversing Prop. 8 thus giving new meaning to grievous behavior.