Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down in California

[HBox]

I was going to post this in the old Gay Marriage thread, but the search function isn't working, so here it is:

Courts Strike Down Gay Marriage Ban in California. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7182628/)

A judge ruled Monday that California can no longer justify limiting marriage to a man and a woman, a legal milestone that if upheld on appeal would pave the way for the nation's most populous state to follow Massachusetts in allowing same-sex couples to wed.

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In an opinion that had been awaited because of San Francisco's historical role as a gay rights battleground, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer said that withholding marriage licenses from gays and lesbians is unconstitutional.

"It appears that no rational purpose exists for limiting marriage in this state to opposite-sex partners," Kramer wrote.

Bravo sir.

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[HelghastElite]

This should be a state's rights issue anyway.

Although the other side of that coin is that dozens of states now have ANTI-gay marriage amendments, largely because of the mass marriages in California and other jurisdictions.

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[Bulldogcakes]

Good for them. I cant for the life of me come up with a reason why they shouldn't be able to.

Except that it might turn them all into Republicans.

Marriage does tend to make alot of folks get more conservative.

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[FUNKMAN]

i bet when the priest or justice-of-the-peace says you may now now 'give the ring' some of the guys will mistakingly bend over

:)


what a fucking dick joke that is

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[Death Metal Moe]

The ONLY point I see against Gay marriage is it might be wrong to call it marriage by definition. But Unions are fine with me. I'd only want the Unions thing if it brought some of the religions right over to the pro gay marriage side.

But since I know they won't budge, let gays marry or whatever they want. They're adults, it's their lives and their money.

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[ADF]

The ONLY point I see against Gay marriage is it might be wrong to call it marriage by definition.


Don't get hung up on semantics. It's a marriage.

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[FUNKMAN]

Don't get hung up on semantics


ADF is right!

you should be anti-semantic


i know there's a jewish joke in here somewhere

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[PapaBear]

They should be able to suffer the same Hell as the rest of us. Why should straight people have a monopoly on misery.

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[Death Metal Moe]

The ONLY point I see against Gay marriage is it might be wrong to call it marriage by definition.


Don't get hung up on semantics. It's a marriage.

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Well that's one of the BIG arguments I hear on Conservative talk, so I just wanted to bring it up. This is one of the few topic I agree with the other side on.

If you could get wide support for Gay Unions and just not call it marriage, wouldn't that be a good compromise?

But since I don't give 2 shits about the religious aspect of keeping the sanctity of marriage holy, fuck them in their Jesus holes.

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[ADF]

But since I don't give 2 shits about the religious aspect of keeping the sanctity of marriage holy, fuck them in their Jesus holes.


That's all I'm sayin'.

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[TheMojoPin]

The complaint about calling it a "marriage" is that the people arguing that somehow thing that allowing gay marriage opens the door for ANYTHING...triple marriages, people marrying animals, whatever...which is pretty ridiculous and insulting.

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[Wally1985]

why does this even matter? who gives a shit?

[HelghastElite]

Would it be inappropriate to make a joke involving this CA judge and Brian Nichols?

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[Bulldogcakes]

The complaint about calling it a "marriage" is that the people arguing that somehow thing that allowing gay marriage opens the door for ANYTHING...triple marriages, people marrying animals, whatever...which is pretty ridiculous and insulting.

Agreed. I support Gay Marriage, but I would MUCH rather see it done through the legislature, not from the bench. The whole reason why we have legislatures is to sort out issues like this. This judge is making law which doesn't exist, based on his (and my) personal values. And that's a bad way to make law.

At issue were a 1977 law that defined marriage as "a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between a man and a woman," and a voter-approved measure in 2000 that amended the law to say more explicitly: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."

Sounds to me like something well within the discretion of a Legislature. What clause of the California constitution did he cite this law violating?

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[Death Metal Moe]

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These guys are PRECIOUS!

Do you think they're for real, or is this some internet trickery?

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These guys are PRECIOUS!

Do you think they're for real, or is this some internet trickery?

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Hmmmm...they hate fags, yet are dressed as if they were going to participate in the Pride march.

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[Death Metal Moe]

"No Tears for Queers."

But I loved that SHOUT song. How can God hate a musical group?

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