California Supreme Court Upheld Prop 8

It's been almost half a year since the gay right activists filed a lawsuit against Proposition 8 after the proposition passed with majority votes.

Today, California Supreme Courts upheld the ban on gay marriage stating that same-sex couples still have voter approved domestic partnerships that allows them to have equal rights as heterosexual couples. But the courts allows the married couple before initiative taken in are allowed to keep their marital status since the Proposition did not state anything about repealing the married status. The decision was made with 6-1 voters in the court. However, the decision did not end the political battle.

There was immediate reactions to the court's decision. The supporters of gay marriage rallied and marched across San Francisco streets to protest the courts decision. During the rally, some protesters got arrested by police for blocking the streets. However, compare to many rallies, this protests were rather clam since many people were probably expected the court to not overturn the Proposition.

On other hand, the supporter of Prop 8 was thrilled with the courts decision because the California's marriage is now "protected".

According to many critics, this proposition will be hard to overturn, but the opposition still has a chance to overturn the proposition, even though it is going to be a long shot.

source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/us/27marriage.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

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Taka Laka's Comment:
In the case of gay marriage, you either support or oppose it. In my case, I've been a big supporter of gay marriage. The constitution specifically states that "all man are created equal". Not all animals or aliens. In other words, everyone should be allowed to get married with a "loved one".

For the counter argument against the polygamy debates, why are we worried about polygamy when we are just broadening the definition of marriage between the loved one? "loved one", a noun, a single which means no one is allowed to have multiple partners.

However, just to be fair, the supporter of proposition has their own cases that makes sense to me. Obviously, they have their own religious belief against homosexuality and the fear of God's punishments if they allow same-sex marriage. In other word, Prop 8 was designed so the Christian community will vote "yes" on Prop 8.

If anyone should be blamed, it is probably California's legislatures for not reviewing Prop 8 thoroughly.

Obama Nomiates Sotomayor as a Supreme Court's Justice

For the first time in our nation's history, Hispanic judge might get appointed to the high court. After careful review, President Obama has chosen Judge Sotomayor as a Supreme Court's Justice. The President calls her qualifying and fair, and other Senates said that the diversity in the U.S. Supreme Court is important.

The nomination is indeed historical, but there will be unlikely any shift in power since the previous Jusice, Souter, because even though Souter was nominated by the first George W Bush, he was leaning more toward the Democarts.




Sotomayor grew up in comfortable household, but she also went through hardship as a child when her father died when she was 9 years old. After the death, her mother took care of her until she graduated high school. Later on, she went to Princeton University to study laws.

As expected, there were Conservatives and Republicans opposition to her nomination claiming that her judge is based on her liberal activist belief. But they have little hope to block her nomination since Democrats have near 60 seats in Senates. In addition, moderate Republican like Olympia J. Snowe of Maine is enthusiastic about Sotomayor's nomination. Hence, the Republicans also need to work on to persuade their own party member to block the nomination even before persuading the Democrats.

Sources and picture : http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/us/politics/27court.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

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TAKA LAKA's Comment:
The nomination is indeed, historical; however, there is one thing that bothers me. Does President Obama choosing Sotomayor because of her qualification, or is he preparing himself for the next Presidential Election to win the Hispanic voters? Or maybe he is trying to do both at same time. Since I haven't looked into Sotomayor's background and political belief, I can't really tell if she is qualified or not, but she is definitely in bystander's position to get both Democrats and Republican's voters.

On other hand, the Republicans need to step themselves up. But they are still going with their old political tactics to attack the nominee's personal life. The last time they did that against President Obama in the General Election for his connection with William Ayers, they miserably failed. They need to realize that time has changed. With this Internet based society, people are caring less about the nominee's personal life.