This is likely to be a series of posts.
The legal experts are already starting to weigh in on Prop 8.
One third of the Calif legislators have files a friend of the court brief asking that 8 be overturned;
http://www.examiner.com/a-1683846~Lawmakers_join_call_to_overturn_Prop__8.html
And long time judge LaDoris H. Cordell has stated categorically that 8 will be overturned and also is of the opinion that we won't be able to convince religious African American voters no matter what we try and that it simply has to be legislated like everything else. Cordell is an African-American lesbian and grew up in that environment and became a lawyer and a judge (now retired), so she really is an authority.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/11/ED45141P46.DTL&type=politics
In my mind this all comes down to:
What part of Equal Protection Under the Law do you not understand?
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