Proposition 8 Upheld*

*Image courtesy of AP Images.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has made a statement commending the California Supreme Court's action in upholding Proposition 8, the controversial amendment to the state constitution that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman.

While the Church has been vociferously criticized by opponents for their support of this amendment, officials are correct in asserting that it was the citizens of California who voted for this at the ballot box. That there are still opponents attempting to hurt the reputations of those who voted in favor of Proposition 8 appears very petty and even ignorant--to suggest otherwise is to assert that the minority has a right to overturn the will of the majority in a democratic process, even when that will has been expressed through the legally cast ballots of citizens residing in that state.

What is also clear is that those officials sitting on the California Supreme Court made this decision mostly to save their own hides--otherwise, they would not have even heard the argument. But whatever their motivations, and while previous "same-sex marriages" remain untouched, at least justice has been done in the case of this ballot proposition. Though we should not be surprised for the debate to continue for some time to come.