Prop. 8 and the Constitution of California
According to California’s Attorney General, Proposition 8 violates the state constitution:
SAN FRANCISCO: In a sharp rebuke to supporters of a contested state ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage, the California attorney general said on Friday that the measure was constitutionally indefensible and should be overturned.
As a reminder, Proposition 8 changed the state constitution to strictly define marriage as being between one man and one woman. I’m fine with the idea that the Attorney General disagrees with the proposition, but to argue that the state constitution now violates itself would indicate that he probably doesn’t have a particularly firm grip on the concept of what a Constitution (and the amendment process) is.
Hm. If the Constitution of California does violate itself, does the state cease to exist (sort of like how existence would have ceased to exist in Dogma if Ben Affleck had had his way)?