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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Tue, 06-02-2009 - 6:02pm
Nice try. I'm pro choice all the way.


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Registered: 04-15-2009
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 6:21pm

>>Ummm, NO! Wanting to be able to choose to marry the person you love is not a "special" right.<<

It is when it falls outside the norm/law--laws based on norms.

Gays currently have the right to marry an unrelated adult of the opposite sex which is what the norm/law states.

They want special rules to suit their needs. If they can change the requirement from opposite sex to same sex then there is absolutely no reason to deny me the right to marry my sister or my brother. But to do so now I'd have to demand the rules be changed to meet my desires--just like gays are attempting to do.

That's the issue. I'm neutral on the whole topic. I just don't see how if you're going to expand the meaning that you only do so to one particular group.

Personally--I don't think the government should show favoritism to any group over another so the whole institution should be a private one--no tax dollars involved.

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Registered: 04-15-2009
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 6:24pm

>>Amazingly enough...everyone WILL have the same rights. Once gays are granted full equality...and they will be...then ALL people will be allowed to marry someone of their own gender too..!!!!!

Funny how that works.<<

Really? I can marry my sister then?

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Registered: 05-26-2009
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 6:28pm
Was that a revelation?
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Registered: 11-20-2008
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 6:52pm
So here we are again.

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Registered: 11-20-2008
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 6:53pm
So why not extend that law to all?

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Registered: 11-20-2008
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 6:55pm
I guess...and those that keep skirting the real issue are just really showing that they have no argument.

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Registered: 11-20-2008
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 6:57pm

Well no not really.

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Tue, 06-02-2009 - 6:57pm
Do you mean two sisters marrying each other? or a brother marrying his sister? I think anyone knows why a brother can't marry
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Registered: 11-20-2008
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 6:58pm
They have the same rights as a heterosexual couple.

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