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	<title>Comments on: California to Gays: You&#8217;re NOT Human.  Sorry about that.</title>
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		<title>By: Chuck</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sadly, it&#039;s that damn direct democracy that led Prop 8 to passage :-\ 

The court cases will be interesting; the best of which I think is the one that discusses whether or not Prop 8 represents an amendment (a gazillion signatures puts it on the ballot then we vote to amend by simple majority*) or a revision (requires 2/3 supermajority of both houses of the Assembly before going to ballot, which I think also is just a simple majority to pass).  The argumentation -- and I am not a lawyer -- looks pretty good to me that this, while not stating as much, effectively represents a revision to the fundamentals of the constitution.  We&#039;ll see!

* - Note that for anything that raises an ad valorem taxes in CA, a 2/3 supermajority is required for whatever body is passing it including popular vote, and budgets require a 2/3 majority in both houses.  But amendments we just let slide because who are they going to hurt??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sadly, it&#8217;s that damn direct democracy that led Prop 8 to passage :-\ </p>
<p>The court cases will be interesting; the best of which I think is the one that discusses whether or not Prop 8 represents an amendment (a gazillion signatures puts it on the ballot then we vote to amend by simple majority*) or a revision (requires 2/3 supermajority of both houses of the Assembly before going to ballot, which I think also is just a simple majority to pass).  The argumentation &#8212; and I am not a lawyer &#8212; looks pretty good to me that this, while not stating as much, effectively represents a revision to the fundamentals of the constitution.  We&#8217;ll see!</p>
<p>* &#8211; Note that for anything that raises an ad valorem taxes in CA, a 2/3 supermajority is required for whatever body is passing it including popular vote, and budgets require a 2/3 majority in both houses.  But amendments we just let slide because who are they going to hurt??</p>
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		<title>By: Anne Greene</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anne Greene</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No shit, yo.

But my platform is: we should ALL be the politicians, therefore making my role obsolete.  You don&#039;t vote for me to &quot;represent&quot; you, you vote for what you REALLY want to get passed.  Not indirect.  DIRECT.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No shit, yo.</p>
<p>But my platform is: we should ALL be the politicians, therefore making my role obsolete.  You don&#8217;t vote for me to &#8220;represent&#8221; you, you vote for what you REALLY want to get passed.  Not indirect.  DIRECT.</p>
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		<title>By: aaron</title>
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		<dc:creator>aaron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You should run for office.</description>
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