[Vision2020] California Supreme Court to Take Up Gay Marriage

[Bill London]

That is not a scary sentence. That is the role of the courts.

A scarier sentence might be:
"They (the supreme court) agreed that the voters did have the authority to enact a law to imprison all Muslims and destroy all mosques."

After all, just recall the relocation of Japanese Americans in World War II.  

BL

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kai Eiselein, Editor 
  To: vision2020 at moscow.com ; Tom Hansen 
  Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:33 AM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] California Supreme Court to Take Up Gay Marriage


  "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
  > 
  > 
  > 
  >> Tom Hansen wrote:
  >> > >From the Associated Press -
  >> >
  >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y1axGO8iAE
  >> >
  >> > 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!)."
  >> >
  >> > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
  >> >
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