[Vision2020] California Supreme Court to Take Up Gay Marriage

[Kai Eiselein, Editor]

"They argue that voters alone did not have the authority to enact such a significant constitutional change."

THAT is one scary sentence.


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From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:24 AM
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] California Supreme Court to Take Up Gay Marriage

>>From today's (November 20, 2008) Spokesman Review -
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> California Supreme Court to hear cases on gay marriage ban 
> Lisa Leff 
> Associated Press
> November 20, 2008
> 
> SAN FRANCISCO - California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear 
> several legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but 
> refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules.
> 
> The California Supreme Court accepted three lawsuits seeking to nullify 
> Proposition 8, a voter-approved constitutional amendment that overruled 
> the court's decision in May that legalized gay marriage.
> 
> All three cases claim the measure abridges the civil rights of a 
> vulnerable minority group. They argue that voters alone did not have the 
> authority to enact such a significant constitutional change.
> 
> 
> As is its custom when it takes up cases, the court elaborated little. 
> However, the justices did say they want to address what effect, if any, a 
> ruling upholding the amendment would have on the estimated 18,000 same-sex 
> marriages that were sanctioned in California before Election Day.
> 
> Gay rights groups and local governments petitioning to overturn the ban 
> were joined by the measure's sponsors and Attorney General Jerry Brown in 
> urging the Supreme Court to consider whether Proposition 8 passes legal 
> muster.
> 
> The initiative's opponents had also asked the court to grant a stay of the 
> measure, which would have allowed gay marriages to begin again while the 
> justices considered the cases. The court denied that request.
> 
> The justices directed Brown and lawyers for the Yes on 8 campaign to 
> submit arguments by Dec. 19 on why the ballot initiative should not be 
> nullified. It said lawyers for the plaintiffs, who include same-sex 
> couples who did not wed before the election, must respond before Jan. 5.
> 
> Oral arguments could be scheduled as early as March, according to court 
> spokeswoman Lynn Holton.
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
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>> Tom Hansen wrote:
>> > >From the Associated Press -
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>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y1axGO8iAE
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>> > Seeya round town, Moscow.
>> >
>> > Tom Hansen
>> > Moscow, Idaho
>> >  
>> > "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The 
> college 
>> > students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
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>> > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
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