The Democrat-dominated Florida Supreme Court, the one that
killed school choice and tried to elect President Gore, turns
sharply rightward when it comes to gays. Having upheld,
in 1995, that state's worst-in-the-nation ban on letting gays
adopt, the court has now
ruled a sweeping anti-gay marriage amendment can go on the
ballot. The amendment reads:
Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.
But the Florida constitution prohibits "logrolling" in constitutional amendments (that is, putting something into an initiative that voters like, and then adding something else that voters wouldn't necessarily approve on its own). Since the amendment in question first defines marriage (one man, one women), and then adds in language that bans even civil unions and domestic partnerships (i.e., "other legal unions"), it seem like a pretty clear case of impermissible logrolling. But count on the Florida Supremes to ignore the language of the law and again rule on their own prejudices.
More. Like those Japanese soldiers at the end
of WWII who hid in the jungles and refused to surrender, some of
our readers still insist that Bush stole the 2000 election. Nothing
will convince them that Kos and Moore aren't reliable sources, but
for the rest,
this should.