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Ken Starr and others are validating Prop 8 due to “the majority should not be overturned” and citing that “we shouldn’t overturn the ‘traditional’ definition of marriage in California because it’s been that way for over 150 years”.

Because many agree, a few can suffer??

So, why is this okay? Many agreed women shouldn’t vote. Many agreed slavery was a good thing. Many agreed “colored” drinking fountains were okay. Many agreed that this should be a white christian nation with a white christian president.

Siding with the majority is a way of not looking at the morality. It’s a way of not seeing others as human.

Regardless of your religious, ethic, economical, racial, gender or cultural background or status - moral is moral and just is just. The famous ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’ states,

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,”

In determining if a law is just the letter further states,

“How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law [or the law of God] (we can discuss God later). An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts the human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust.”

The law is controversial, yes. The law is civil and religious.

The question is …. is it just?