"This judge stated that it was UN-Constitutional ( according to California Constitution ) to limit marriage to opposite-gender couples . So . . . . . why did we vote in 2000 on the definition of marriage ? And since the majority stated that marriage was between one man and one woman - why was that not taken into consideration with this ruling ? Why is it that when the people speak their voice , it is IGNORED ? ? Not only the mayor of SF - but this Superior Court judge as well ?"
"State-level governments are largely worthless , in my opinion . It is complete absurdity to allow Constitutions to be ammended based on the vote of the people . People as a whole are largely biased , uninformed , and care only about the wellbeing of the majority , persecuting the minority any chance they get . Simply put , the will of the people is too often to benefit the majority and persecute the minority , and this can be seen everywhere throughout history . The will of the people often deserves to be not only ignored but put in a little can and crushed , for the voice of the people is not the voice of the people at all ; it is the voice of the majority . I can not know the intentions of the creators of the California goverment when they created their judicial system , but if it was anything like the intentions of the founders of our nation , then the judges are doing precisely what it was intended to do : judge laws which persecute the minority , assuring that the government can not engage in such persecution without a whole lot of effort and not having to fear retaliation . If the point of judges was simply to give in to whatever pesecution 51 % of the population wishes to force upon the other 49 % , then our government would be tyrannical in no time . You may feel that a bad precedent was set , but I consider it a far worse precedent for a judge to have given into the majority , to ignore what he feels is a destruction of freedom and equality , simply because it is popular to do so . I would also recommend that the California Constitution be judged based on the fact that it likely has conflicting statements , for example , it may state that everyone must recieve equal protection under the law , of which this is a clear denial ."
"judge stated that it was UN-Constitutional ( according to California Constitution ) to limit marriage to opposite-gender couples ."
"State-level governments are largely worthless , in my opinion"