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Prop 8 upheld by Supreme Court
| 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

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
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.
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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Why can't they marry?
What if judges decided that in order to rule that gay marriage is to be allowed but that rule also applied to everyone.
People will be allowed to marry whomever or whatever they chose.
>>> Nothing in your comments refutes what I said, because there is nothing you can say to refute it.
LOL! Then I guess you'll have to live with the enormous disappointment that so many people are voting against an irrefutable argument.
>>> The fact is abuse of women is far more prevalent than you care to admit. More than half the women I know have been abused in some way during their lives, but then altogether too many guys have no clue.
Well, from folks who believe that a caterpillar is "torture" I can only fathom how strong the wind will have to blow before you call it "abuse."
>>> As for California, a new vote is coming, with quite a different result.
Really? A vote to amend the CA constitution? I hadn't heard. Probably just some irate folks chasing their tails.
>>> Hang tight to the denial of rights, it will diminish year by year, until we finally eradicate bigotry from this nation, once...and for all.
Yeah...you hang on to that. I'm thinking that we'll be seeing a LOT more changes to a LOT more state constitutions. Power to the people.
Try addressing the entire question instead of one piece of it.
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