The LA Times contains this point counterpoint piece. ADF attorney Glen Lavy argues for a constitutional amendment. Jon W. Davidson of Lambda Legal argues against it. Glen opens the discussion:
Now that the California Supreme Court has redefined “marriage” to encompass same-sex couples, the obvious question is, “what’s next?” Fortunately for the 4,618,673 California voters who enacted Proposition 22 and whose rights were trampled by the Supreme Court, the issue of the meaning of “marriage” is well on its way to again being decided by the ultimate power in California: the people. . .
The majority’s redefinition of “marriage” was an unavoidable first step in striking down the will of the people. That’s because none of the arguments for same-sex “marriage” make any sense whatsoever if “marriage” means the legal union of a man and woman. Only by removing the universal opposite-sex meaning from the term could the majority then rule that same-sex couples have a right under the California Constitution to marry. That redefinition was essential for the majority’s ruling both under the fundamental right to marriage theory and the equal protection theory . . .
