Seems that Zelaya was totally  wrong and got what he deserved if the above is true.  

So was the U.S  on the side of Zelaya? If so then this does not make sense.

Over 60,000 Honduran teachers have carried out an indefinite strike since June 29, the day after the elected president, Manuel Zelaya, was seized at gunpoint by the military and bundled onto a plane that flew him out of the country. Schools remain shut nationwide, with students and parents supporting the action. Other sections of the Honduran working class have joined in this struggle, threatening to escalate it through the erection of barricades on the nation's highways.

This heroic resistance has been carried out in the face of a de facto state of siege. Honduras remains under curfew, with the military controlling the streets. Basic democratic rights have been suspended, and nearly 1,000 opponents of the coup regime have been arrested. Sections of the media that voiced opposition to the takeover have been shut down, with broadcasting facilities taken over by armed troops and individual reporters threatened with death.

On Sunday, the coup claimed its first fatality, 19-year-old Isy Obed Murillo, shot down by Honduran troops at the Tegucigalpa airport, where thousands turned out to show support for Zelaya, whose plane was not allowed to land.

There is every reason to fear that this is only the beginning, and not just in Honduras. The country's ruling oligarchy is among the most backward and reactionary in the region, while its military command is trained by the Pentagon, which maintains a key military base at Soto Cano, where over 600 US troops are deployed.

The danger that workers in Honduras could face a bloody tragedy like those inflicted upon working people in Brazil, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina more than 30 years ago is real and present.

And the military has instituted what's essentially martial law in Honduras now, cracking down on protesters,instituting a curfew, and intimidating reporters.

Justin Raimondo (hardly a crazed left-winger) has an excellent analysis of the sitch here:

Understood in the context of Honduran history, the effort by Zelaya to change the constitution has to be seen as an effort to wrest power away from the military and invest it in the civilian sector, not a quest for personal power. What's going on in Honduras is yet another chapter in the protracted struggle against the unrestrained power - economic as well as political - of the military, and, as such, Zelaya's is a righteous cause.

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/06/30/history-haunts-honduras/

Here's some background on what led up to the coup and information on the referendum, from the always-good Narco News:

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/kristin-bricker/2009/06/honduras-prepares-sundays-controve rsial-opinion-poll

Here's a report from Democracy Now with their reporter Andres Conteris in Tegucigalpa:

I find it hard to believe that Zelaya went through this whole ordeal just for the sake of proposing a wholly non-binding measure that couldn't have possibly benefited him in any event.  I'm not that credulous.

This site (linked to from antiwar.com) has a direct translation of the EXACT wording of the referendum and what it means in terms of Honduran law: