Prop 8 upheld by Supreme Court

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Registered: 01-12-2009
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


Sit-in


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 - 7:20pm

Yes I did include it twice.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2009
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 7:22pm

With regard to marrying close family members, the law uses the concept of cosanguinity to determine who may marry as well as inherit.

 

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Registered: 08-13-2008
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 7:24pm

The next time someone stands advocating against choice and does it with a picture of an actual ten week old foetus will be the first time. All we see are cute babies, not foetus' the size of a half dollar.


But then that wouldn't get much support, would it?


In any case,


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"You have no power over my body..." ~ Anne Hutchinson

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-13-2008
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 7:26pm

Actually, there is no special rights, but you know that.


You also know that those who oppose are losing ground, some places faster than others, but losing nonetheless.


So you go right ahead and think as you wish, because in the end...


it doesn't matter to me what you think.



Full length fiction: worlds undone


"You have no power over my body..." ~ Anne Hutchinson


"You think you know, sir!" ~ Cornflake Girl ~ Tori Amos.


Full length fiction: worlds undone

"You have no power over my body..." ~ Anne Hutchinson

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Registered: 07-04-2005
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 8:00pm
Can you marry your brother now?

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-04-2005
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 8:01pm

Wrong.


Gays want equal access to the SAME right you already have.


iVillage Member
Registered: 07-04-2005
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 8:02pm

if you wish to marry your sister, I promise I won't vote to ban it.


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Registered: 07-04-2005
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 8:03pm
Yes, some are skirting the issue, and choosing to bring pedophiles and now incest into the mix.

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Registered: 07-04-2005
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 8:05pm

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Registered: 07-04-2005
Tue, 06-02-2009 - 8:07pm

Ignore is wonderful.


Ta ta.


I will no longer respond to posts that promote pedophilia and incest as equal to gay relationships.


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