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Nothing less than the future of marriage as we know is in the hands of the state Supreme Court, and defining the 'M-word' is a thorny issue for all parties, writes Lawrence Levine in today's Sacramento Bee. On the one hand,there is valid concern about whether the courts—or the court of publicopinion—should decide such sensitive measures, but on the other, issuesof liberty and equality have always risen above majority vote.

As California's prison overcrowding crisis goes down to the wire, U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson says he is confident theGovernor and inmate-rights lawyers can reconcile before trial,according to the Bee. Unfortunately, the Republican "tough on crime"mantra is part of why we're here—a little common sense, and lesspolitics, is in order.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi weighed in again on the Obama-Clinton fight on ABC's "This Week," saying superdelegates should honor the candidatewho is ahead in the delegate count, the San Francisco Chroniclereports. While Pelosi did not mention either candidate by name, thisposition is clearly favorable to Obama, who is all but guaranteed tomaintain his lead.

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