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


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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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iVillage Member
Registered: 11-10-2006
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 12:09pm

But it is absolutely not nonsense. It's the same argument made by gays. You have a problem with incest? Deal with it. Your moral issues with incest are no different than someone's moral issues with homosexuals.


Not to mention, who says they're even going to have sex? What goes on in their bedroom is not your business or the government's business.


Either the right to marry the person of your choosing is a right that should be afforded to all adults or it's not.


Wow.. I couldn't agree more.

 


 


 


iVillage Member
Registered: 11-10-2006
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 12:12pm

or that those using it think it has any validity in opposing gay marriage.


Why do you think the people of CA voted against gay marriage?

 


 


 


iVillage Member
Registered: 02-23-2009
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 12:18pm

Why do you think the people of CA voted against gay marriage?

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-26-2009
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 12:56pm

>>> I can't believe this inane argument is still being used, or that those using it think it has any validity in opposing gay marriage.

It does. Once you start redefining "marriage" to be more "inclusive" of "alternative lifestyles" then where do you draw the line?

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-23-2009
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 1:08pm

Once you start redefining "marriage" to be more "inclusive" of "alternative lifestyles" then where do you draw the line?


So, are you saying that it isn't necessarily gay marriage that bothers you, but rather the other possibilities?

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-24-2009
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 1:17pm

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Ah, don't you see the difference between women being subjected to Sharia law in this country and two consenting adults having the right to

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-22-2009
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 1:41pm

~have we lost our morals in society~


Cousins married in the Bible (and not prohibited then).

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-20-2008
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 1:42pm

(((You

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-20-2008
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 1:43pm
(((Why do you think the people of CA voted against gay marriage?

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-22-2009
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 1:48pm

~link~


http://marriage.about.com/cs/marriagelicenses/a/cousin.htm

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