Prop 8 upheld by Supreme Court

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Prop 8 upheld by Supreme Court
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Tue, 05-26-2009 - 8:49pm

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prop8-decision27-2009may27,0,6677891.story



Prop. 8 upheld by California Supreme Court


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Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times

Engaged couple Robert Franco, right, and Shawn Higgins kiss as San Francisco police line up to arrest anti-Proposition 8 demonstrators.

The justices uphold the same-sex marriage ban but also rule that the 18,000 gay couples who wed before the November vote will stay married. The decision is sure to spark another ballot box fight.

By Maura Dolan
11:44 AM PDT, May 26, 2009


Reporting from San Francisco -- The California Supreme Court today upheld Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage but also ruled that gay couples who wed before the election will continue to be married under state law.

The decision virtually ensures another fight at the ballot box over marriage rights for gays. Gay rights activists say they may ask voters to repeal the marriage ban as early as next year, and opponents have pledged to fight any such effort. Proposition 8 passed with 52% of the vote.


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Registered: 11-20-2008
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 1:44pm
No it isn't.

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Registered: 08-13-2008
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 2:16pm

:)


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Tue, 06-02-2009 - 2:17pm
Explain the "special rights" gay people want.
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Tue, 06-02-2009 - 2:23pm

Gay people have the same rights as heterosexual people.

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Registered: 08-13-2008
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 2:36pm

Don't you know that asking for others not to bash our heads in is a special right?


That asking if we might marry our partners is a special right? After all, we can marry a child if they are of the opposite sex, but an adult of the same sex? Nope, someone will decide that is disgusting - and a special right.


Heck, wearing a tux to a prom if physically female, well... to some, that is a special right, or a gown if physically male, same thing. Minds matter not, being human matters not, but then that holds true as the same folk hold we should torture, we should detain people without charges and trial, we should strip women of the right to reproductive choice... one side supports human rights, and the other... does not.



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Tue, 06-02-2009 - 2:44pm
Why can't some folks mind their own gaul darn business.
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Tue, 06-02-2009 - 3:33pm

Interestingly, several on the right have come out in favour of same sex marriage, yet another sign that things are changing faster than others can appreciate.



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Registered: 05-26-2009
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 3:38pm

>>> okie doke...had to pop back in and say that I do not think I ever inferred that "if it doesn't bother me personally, it's got to be ok"...

Actually, seems to be the whole foundation of your argument...

“Nothing at all about my marriage is going to change....”

“I'd be ok with gay married folks in every house on my block...after all...(again) how would their marriage adversely affect me..???”

>>> just don't see us ever having a useful debate if you keep asking me the same queston over and over and I keep answering and we both get nowhere....

The questions aren't the same...they've been getting more and more qualifies as you've provided more information. That's the way a debate goes, but it appears that "because I say so" is about as good an argument as we're likely to see from most on the left.

>>> Have a good afternoon....

Ta!

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Registered: 11-20-2008
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 3:50pm

Gay people have the same rights that I have.

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Tue, 06-02-2009 - 3:53pm

(((Ummm, NO!

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