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[jwhitlock]

treehugger, on 29 July 2012 - 01:25 PM, said:

thanks for the heads up, here is the correction

My position is - as I have stated - that the statement from the Church simply addresses a specific situation. Attempts to read more or less into it are simply unfounded speculation.

[jwhitlock]

Libs, on 29 July 2012 - 02:37 PM, said:

Like I said, the courts need to rule according to what is constitutional, not according to how people feel about an issue.  Minority rights have always been protected through the courts.

Not really. As the Dred Scott decision of 1857 shows, along with many other decisions, the so-called protection of minority rights is only incidental to decisions they make. The justices have their own agendas, which differ widely. Their declarations of what is constitutional have been reversed or modified by subsequent courts so many times that it's clearly evident that they can't be relied on as a realistic indicator of what the constitution really means - or whether a particular group has been truly "wronged" in any instance.

The state supreme courts aren't any better, and as the Church rightfully has noted, the court has no particular business overturning the express will of the people in this particular case. There is really no evidence that any particular wrong was perpetuated by Prop 8.

[treehugger]

jwhitlock, on 29 July 2012 - 07:16 PM, said:

My position is - as I have stated - that the statement from the Church simply addresses a specific situation. Attempts to read more or less into it are simply unfounded speculation.

So for this specific situation the Church is will of the people trumps all?

[treehugger]

This answers the question.

jwhitlock, on 29 July 2012 - 07:26 PM, said:

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The state supreme courts aren't any better, and as the Church rightfully has noted, the court has no particular business overturning the express will of the people in this particular case. There is really no evidence that any particular wrong was perpetuated by Prop 8.