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To: PROLIFE who wrote (740816)	5/17/2006 9:16:33 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

How can one person over rule the will of the people Georgia 'vote' A Fulton County Superior Court judge yesterday struck down a state constitutional amendment on homosexual "marriage" that was overwhelmingly approved by Georgia voters in 2004, Cox News Service reports. Judge Constance Russell did not rule on the merits of the amendment, instead saying the state constitution's "single-subject rule" on referendums overrode the amendment, because the measure required voters to decide on marriage and civil unions in a single amendment. The decision does not create for homosexuals a right to "marry" in Georgia under state law, as a 2004 decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Court did. Gov. Sonny Perdue, a Republican, expressed disappointment about the decision. "This decision highlights the effect activist judges can have on our system of governance," the governor said in a statement. "The people of Georgia knew exactly what they were doing when an overwhelming 76 percent voted in support of this constitutional amendment ... I am carefully assessing the options to ensure that the will of the people will not be thwarted." Neither Mr. Perdue's office nor the General Assembly's Republican leadership would be more specific yesterday about how the state legislature's majority party planned to respond.