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The 18,000 marriages already performed will remain legal. I just saw this on CNN. I don't have a link yet, but will post one as soon as I can find one.
Prop. 8 upheld by California Supreme Court
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
10:08 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.
Although the court split 6-1 on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the justices were unanimous in deciding to keep intact the marriages of as many as 18,000 gay couples who exchanged vows before the election. The marriages began last June, after a 4-3 state high court ruling striking down the marriage ban last May.
This one is headed to the SCOTUS.
How many times do the need to vote on it?more likely, its going back to the 2010 ballot.
How many times do the need to vote on it?
This one is headed to the SCOTUS.
How many times do the need to vote on it?
The 18,000 marriages already performed will remain legal. I just saw this on CNN. I don't have a link yet, but will post one as soon as I can find one.
How many times do the need to vote on it?
Until they get it right.
Silly me, I thought the did the first 3 times. :doh
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.
How many times do the need to vote on it?
How many times do the need to vote on it?
I think the momentum stops here.until same sex marriage is legal in California.
given the momentum, and the narrow margin in november, I think theres actually a good chance that it could be reversed in 2010.
Until they get it right.
But then, if it passes, it'll just be at the ballot box again to ban same sex marriages again! and again! and again!As many as necessary until their agenda is passed.
But then, if it passes, it'll just be at the ballot box again to ban same sex marriages again! and again! and again!
Hopefully, Arnold will get a "60%" threshold passed for changes in the constitution before then. lol, wouldn't that be a riot!
As many as necessary until their agenda is passed.
yea, that's what I meant.You mean "more" changes in the constitution.
yea, that's what I meant.
But either way, will this fight ever end?
yea, that's what I meant.
But either way, will this fight ever end?