California high court upholds gay marriage ban

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Well let's see, I predicted both that Obama would choose a female Hispanic for conformation and I said

That Homos marriage would go down in flames in this case.

I figured they would throw a bone to the gays by letting those married.. remain so..... legally.

With all Stevens intellectual gymnastics on this subject he never could get to "step two" which apparently the Justices did.

"If we over rule this limit on marriage, none will stand."

Democracy is a blunt tool

That's not really what the argument was - it was that the voters have the right to change their constitution and that the courts can't overrule that.

It has nothing to do with your hysterical gay marriage = Sodom & Gommorrah slippery slope garbage. That's just BS.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Well let's see, I predicted both that Obama would choose a female Hispanic for conformation and I said

That Homos marriage would go down in flames in this case.

I figured they would throw a bone to the gays by letting those married.. remain so..... legally.

With all Stevens intellectual gymnastics on this subject he never could get to "step two" which apparently the Justices did.

"If we over rule this limit on marriage, none will stand."

Democracy is a blunt tool

Are you psychic?

Clairvoyant. There's a difference.

I can't spell clairvoyant.

[AnaAndDaniel 0]

bro guano,

here is how i see it:

Prior to Prop 8, the issue of same sex marriage in Cali was undefined. Thus, when Newsome and others started handing out marriage license t osame sex couples, it was ruled ok because it was undefined in the constitution.

So, same sex marriage opponents drew up and had passed Prop 8 which defined marriage as between man/woman.

Prop 8 opponents then took it to court (today's ruling) claiming it was incorrect way of amending the constitution. The court struck that argument down.

(As a side, they further validated the marriages pre prop 8, those couples are legally married in Cali)

Furthermore, this marriage business is undefined at the federal level. Thus Cali, and any other state, can define it as they wish. That plus, same sex couples are not a 'protected class'. So any equal protection that could be offered by the federal constitution does not cover them here. So, it is a-ok with the courts.

Daniel