Activist judges are a law unto themselves.
A group of them disagreed with ordinances enacted in some of their cities. These ordinances said that individuals couldn't discriminate against homosexuals in jobs, housing or other matters. So, in democratic tradition, the people went to work. They amassed voters' signatures-not just 55,000 as required by law, but 85,000. The signatures required that an initiative amendment to the state constitution be placed on the ballot.