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


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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Wed, 06-03-2009 - 3:57pm
LOL, I'm seriously considering putting several on, it's not worth aggravating my IBS.
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Registered: 04-28-2009
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 4:31pm
Yup - got a bunch of "birthers" migrating to try to "educate the masses..."
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Registered: 07-04-2005
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 4:52pm

If some people feel that something is morally wrong "to them"..then they don't have to DO it.


If people feel that gay marriage is wrong, no one is going to force them to marry someone of their same gender.


Should marriage between elderly couples be banned because some feel it is morally wrong to marry if you arent going to procreate?


Should people be bannd from marrying a 3rd time?

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Registered: 07-04-2005
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 4:53pm

Marriage is about joining two people who can have children?


So sterile people aren't allowed to marry?

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Registered: 07-04-2005
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 4:57pm

i didn't bring chidren into it.


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Registered: 07-04-2005
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 5:02pm

I already have, and it makes the thread much easier to read.


There are a lot of "that message deleted " posts.


In this case, that's a good thing.


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Registered: 02-23-2009
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 5:08pm
Exactly!!
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Registered: 04-15-2009
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 5:12pm

A perfect argument against the discrimination I feel in regards to marrying my sister or my brother!

So please tell me again why you have an issue with it?

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Registered: 08-13-2008
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 5:16pm
Celebrate another state joining the marriage equality fold...


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Full length fiction: worlds undone

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

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Registered: 04-15-2009
Wed, 06-03-2009 - 5:18pm

>>And lets keep babies and little children out of this.<<

Absolutely because apparently they don't really matter at all.

Since they don't matter there should be no issues with me marrying my sister or my brother. As someone else pointed out gay people have children all the time so who I decide to "love" or "have sex" with is not anyone else's business! Or is it and if so why?

If traditional marriage is no longer the standard then there is no difference between allowing two siblings to marry gay or not, than allowing two gays to marry. In fact many would find the prospect of opposite sex siblings marrying less distasteful than two same sex persons marrying from a morality standpoint. So since morality or social standards or child bearing aren't any part of the consideration--there is no difference between the two.

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