Zinatenga pafupifupi miyezi isanu ndi itatu kuti malamulo a nkhondoyi awonekere ku District Federal Court. Mkati mwa khothi, woweruza amalandira umboni wa mboni, amatsimikizira umboniwo, ndikutsimikizira zomwe zanenedwa. Woweruzayo adawunika momwe Prop-7 idalanda Chris, Sandy, Jeff ndi Paul ufulu wawo wachibadwidwe. Pa Ogasiti 4, 2010, Woweruza Wamkulu Von Walker adapereka chigamulo mokomera iwo. Imati ProP-7 ndiyosemphana ndi malamulo ndipo ikulepheretsa ufulu wokwatirana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha. Inali nkhani yolonjeza komanso yofunika. Zinali zodziwika panthawiyo kuti ngakhale zitasinthidwa, sizingagwire ntchito mpaka atapempha khothi lalikulu. Njira yalamuloyi imadziwika kuti 'khalani'.
Pomwe ndinali Attorney General, lamulo linaperekedwa pakati pa chaka ndipo posakhalitsa linawonjezeredwa pamsonkhanowu ngati nkhani yadziko lonse. Attorney General waku California yekha ndiomwe anali ndi ufulu wokadandaula izi. Panthawiyo, Attorney General Jerry Brown, yemwe ndimagwira ntchito, adakana kumenya nkhondo kukhothi. Ndatsimikiza kuti sindigwiritsa ntchito kobiri limodzi kuteteza Prop-7. Koma malingaliro a otsutsana nane anali osiyana kwambiri. Ndinazindikira kuti sizinali zokhazokha, zinali zowona. Ngati California ikana kuchita apilo, khothi laling'ono likhoza kulepheretsa kukhalako ndipo boma likhoza kulembetsa ukwatiwo. Koma ngati California ipempha, zitha kutenga zaka kuti ntchitoyi iyambe.
Mlanduwu umayenera kutha ndikakana kukadandaula nditakhala Attorney General. Komabe, odandaula a Prop-6 amafuna kupitiliza nkhondoyi. Nawonso anaganiza zokadandaula kukhoti lalikulu. M'malingaliro mwanga iwo analibe ufulu wotero. Ufulu wofotokozera sizitanthauza kuti aliyense atha kusokoneza zochitika zamakhothi. Sindiye kuti munthu ali ndi chidwi chachikulu ndi china chake, ndiye kuti ndikulimbana ndi mlandu kukhothi. Muyenera kukhala ndi chifukwa chomveka chomenyera mlandu kukhothi. Mwanjira ina, muyenera kuvutika mu lingaliro lenileni la china kapena apo padzakhala chiopsezo chovutika.
Chris Parry anali kukonzekera kukasuma kuboma pomwe adamuvulaza Prop-7. Zachepetsa ufulu wake wachibadwidwe. Lamulo lathu limanena kuti gulu limodzi laku America ndi losiyana kotheratu ndi gulu lina laku America. Zomwe ndizosankha kwenikweni. Zomwe malamulowo akunena zikuwonekeratu pankhaniyi. Koma Prop-7 italetsedwa kukhothi, khotilo lidateteza dera linalake osavulaza aliyense. Iwo omwe sanalandire okwatirana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha molingana ndi Constitution ya U.S. sanali kuchita izi chifukwa sanali kuzikonda. Anthu ayenera kukhala ndi ufulu wofotokozera, koma sangakane ufulu wofunikira waku America ngati angafune. Ngakhale zinali choncho mlanduwo unapitilira. Lamulo lokhalitsa lidaperekedwa pamalamulo. Khothi Lachisanu ndi Chinayi linagamula mokomera iwo patadutsa chaka chimodzi ndi theka. Kutalika kwake, chilungamo chimakanidwa. Chifukwa chakuchedwa kwa tsiku limodzi, m'modzi kapena awiriwo sanathe kusunga lonjezo lawo. Agogo aakazi anali kumwalira chifukwa samawona ukwati wa mdzukulu wawo. Tsiku lililonse ana ankadabwa kuti nchifukwa ninji makolo anga samakwatirana.
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