You can't vote away civil rights

In the Aug. 26 L.A. Times, there was an editorial by George Skelton of Sacramento titled, “The state doesn’t have to back Prop. 8 – but should,” Mr. Skelton states that since Prop 8 was voted in by a majority of the people as a law, than the present Gov. Schwarzenegger and potential future Gov. Brown should support it, since it is their duty to support laws as well as the wishes of the voters.

I perceive the main premise of this argument to be false. First it is unconstitutional to vote away civil rights. Prop 8 should never have been permitted. The U.S. Constitution takes precedence ove...