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How Proposition 8 Went Down

A video summarizing how and why proposition 8 was overturned. Very easy to follow and very to the point. Part two will be posted in the comments Description: Part 1 of a look at the recent ruling in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, which struck down California's Proposition 8 as violative of the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZNUo6… FOOTNOTES: 1. Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://docfiles.justia.com/cases/fede.. . ; Gill v. Office of Personnel Management http://docfiles.justia.com/cases/fede.. . 2. Perry v. Schwarzenegger https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/09.. . 3. “Conservative Jurist, With Independent Streak” (New York Times, 8/5/2010) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/us/.. . 4. “Judging Marriage” http://www.breakpoint.org/bpcommentar.. . 5. http://nomblog.com/ 6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpNscb… 7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZnVlD… 8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8e762… 9. From William Lane Craig's website http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/N.. . 10. “Challenging Judge Walker” by Sherrilyn A. Ifill http://www.theroot.com/views/challeng.. . 11. West Virginia School Board v. Barnette http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts.. . 12. Donald P. Haider-Markel, Alana Querze, & Kara Lindaman, “Lose, Win, or Draw?: A Reexamination of Direct Democracy and Minority Rights”, 60 (2) Political Research Quarterly 304 (June 2007). 13. “It's all about children (or at least the anatomical possibility thereof).” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzUFYN… added by: MizPiz