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Although Attorney General Jerry Brown on Friday asked the California Supreme Court to strike down the same-sex marriage ban, citing the theory that it is “inconsistent with the guarantees of individual liberty safeguarded by the California Constitution, supporters of the ban filed a brief that would erase the legal recognition of couples married before Election Day. 

When will this madness end?  There is no such thing as same sex marriages, based on the vote of the people, the people who voted for Proposition 8, along with the language in Proposition 8 which states, “Only a marriage between a man and a women is valid or recognized in California, which amended the Constitution of the State of California. 

An individual liberty or liberty is defined as “a political, social, and economic right that belongs to the citizens (as individuals) of a state or to all people.”  Brown feels that “There are certain rights that are not to be subject to popular votes otherwise they are not fundamental rights.” 

On that thought, would you say that abortion or racial profiling would fit into the category of an individual liberty that is being infringed upon by popular decision?   

A California domestic partnership is a legal relationship available to same-sex couples which affords them the same “rights, protections and benefits and shall be subject to the same responsibilities, obligations, and duties under law…” as married spouses.  Domestic partnerships and civil unions, which are recognized by some states and countries throughout the world, go a long way towards recognition of same sex unions. 

When a hand full of people, in comparison to the masses, wants to force a perceived immoral belief on another for the sake of inclusion when inclusion is granted to a great degree by Domestic Partnership laws, this is extreme behavior.  To keep pulling the rug from underneath gays and their life style is wrong as well. 

Decisive decisions are needed.  If the domestic partnership laws need adjusting, to be more inclusive then make those adjustments.  You can not gain inclusiveness through legislation.  Ask most black people in America about that.  If all the gay community wants is the same rights accorded “married, opposite sex people” then this should be addressed with the domestic partnership laws and not through the church which feels it is morally wrong. 

To force your beliefs on other people and infringe on their moral codes is wrong and selfish.  While the gay community has the right to the same political, social and economic rights afforded married couples, these rights should be decisively addressed through the domestic partnership laws. 

And that’s the way I see it!!!