So if a judge overrode a popular law barring unrelated, left-handed people from marrying

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m — 9/7/2004 9:21:59 PM (archived)

would you also consider that to be judicial fiat? As long as a law is passed by a democratically elected legislature, it's okay, no matter how discriminatory? A judge doesn't have the right to act to protect the rights of a minority from blatant discrimination and exclusion, especially upon grounds of unconstitutionality (whether state or federal)??

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Judge rules ban on gay marriage unconstitutional - Donald - 9/7/2004 7:46:59 PM
- Why should homosexuals not suffer along with the rest of us? - David F Mayer - 9/8/2004 8:30:14 PM
- Why the hell does the concept of gay marriage scare people? - R.L. - 9/8/2004 7:15:36 AM
  - Whenever someone has secret doubts about their own sexual orientation bravado and an attack posture is a good cover.......n/t (n/t) - Publius - 9/8/2004 2:24:32 PM
    - Good point. Reminds one of the secret life of J. Edger Hoover! (n/t) - m - 9/8/2004 4:47:34 PM
      - And it's amazing how long that lie has lasted. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 11:08:31 PM
- Judge tosses out legitimate law to favor narrow special interest group. - ebnelson - 9/7/2004 8:55:47 PM
  - ed tosses out last vestige of intellect to favor narrow-mindedness. - Fox - 9/7/2004 9:44:31 PM
    - He's an idiot - Donald - 9/8/2004 3:53:42 AM
    - I can't imagine what this issue triggers in conservatives. - Bowser - 9/8/2004 12:01:13 AM
      - Even if conservatives were right to insist that the government stay out of our pockets - m - 9/8/2004 1:53:39 AM
- Note to Religious Right nutcases opposing gay marriage - m - 9/7/2004 8:05:39 PM
  - Nor did it before the will of the people was overturned by appointed judges. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/7/2004 8:56:44 PM
    - Read the opinion -- judges in Washington State are elected. (n/t) - Fox - 9/8/2004 6:59:14 PM
    - "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka" overturned the will of the people, too. - Mary Anne - 9/8/2004 2:55:17 AM
  - re: Note to those who gleefully override laws with legal rulings: - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2004 8:29:13 PM
    - Do you think the Founders were drunk when they included the Judicial branch? - Robert - 9/8/2004 3:24:15 AM
    - Note to those scrambling to shore up bad law with legal sophistry: - Fox - 9/7/2004 9:26:41 PM
      - I'm no legal expert by a long shot... - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 4:38:43 AM
        
        That's abundantly clear - Fox - 9/8/2004 10:06:09 PM
        
        "affirmative action" would have been a more accurate choice of words. Thanks! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 10:55:17 PM
    - So if a judge overrode a popular law barring unrelated, left-handed people from marrying - m - 9/7/2004 9:21:59 PM
      - Yeah, laugh it up guys. Keep it in mind someday when your ox is getting gored. - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 4:34:00 AM
        
        Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's ox . . . - Fox - 9/8/2004 6:56:26 PM
        
        My civil liberties are just fine, thanks. - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 11:03:49 PM
      - Note to m: note Fox's warning about sophistry. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/7/2004 9:41:08 PM
        
        -- which you apparently didn't read, or if you read it, didn't understand - Fox - 9/7/2004 9:47:25 PM

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