“However, even if Prop. 8 were to pass, its proponents have already conceded that California will not return to the past. In the years following 1999, California’s domestic partnership law evolved into a nearly complete equivalent to marriage, and the initiative’s proponents have made it clear in their ballot arguments — the definitive statement of an initiative’s intent — that it will not affect domestic partner rights. This is how public policy in a democracy is supposed to work. No matter what happens with Prop. 8, California’s same-sex couples will not be consigned to a world with no legal protections. Legally recognized same-sex couples are now an established part of the California landscape.”
I guess I’m confused but in a democracy if the voters choose to ban domestic partnerships… and the government chooses to keep them… isn’t that democracy not working…
