Although there is precious little case law addressing the distinction between an "amendment" and a "revision," conceptually it seems so obvious that Prop 8 has to fail as it is a revision. Of course, it is idiocy to allow Constitutional amendments by simple majority anyway, but Washington State suffers from the same plague of initiativitis, what with the scourge of people whose sole livelihood is inflicting them on the populace every election cycle. See Tim Eyman and Sherry Bockwinkel.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich