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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That is not a scary sentence. That is the role of
the courts.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A scarier sentence might be:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"They (the supreme court) agreed that the voters
did have the authority to enact a law to imprison all Muslims and destroy
all mosques."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After all, just recall the relocation of Japanese
Americans in World War II. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BL</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=editor@lataheagle.com href="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com">Kai
Eiselein, Editor</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> ; <A
title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:33
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] California
Supreme Court to Take Up Gay Marriage</DIV>
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<DIV><EM><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">"They argue that voters alone
did not have the authority to enact such a significant constitutional
change."</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">THAT is one scary sentence.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR></FONT><BR>--------------------------------------------------<BR>From:
"Tom Hansen" <<A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A>><BR>Sent: Thursday,
November 20, 2008 7:24 AM<BR>To: <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR>Subject:
Re: [Vision2020] California Supreme Court to Take Up Gay
Marriage<BR><BR>>>From today's (November 20, 2008) Spokesman Review
-<BR>> <BR>>
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California Supreme Court to hear cases on gay marriage ban <BR>> Lisa Leff
<BR>> Associated Press<BR>> November 20, 2008<BR>> <BR>> SAN
FRANCISCO - California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear <BR>>
several legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but
<BR>> refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it
rules.<BR>> <BR>> The California Supreme Court accepted three lawsuits
seeking to nullify <BR>> Proposition 8, a voter-approved constitutional
amendment that overruled <BR>> the court's decision in May that legalized
gay marriage.<BR>> <BR>> All three cases claim the measure abridges the
civil rights of a <BR>> vulnerable minority group. They argue that voters
alone did not have the <BR>> authority to enact such a significant
constitutional change.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> As is its custom when it
takes up cases, the court elaborated little. <BR>> However, the justices
did say they want to address what effect, if any, a <BR>> ruling upholding
the amendment would have on the estimated 18,000 same-sex <BR>> marriages
that were sanctioned in California before Election Day.<BR>> <BR>> Gay
rights groups and local governments petitioning to overturn the ban <BR>>
were joined by the measure's sponsors and Attorney General Jerry Brown in
<BR>> urging the Supreme Court to consider whether Proposition 8 passes
legal <BR>> muster.<BR>> <BR>> The initiative's opponents had also
asked the court to grant a stay of the <BR>> measure, which would have
allowed gay marriages to begin again while the <BR>> justices considered
the cases. The court denied that request.<BR>> <BR>> The justices
directed Brown and lawyers for the Yes on 8 campaign to <BR>> submit
arguments by Dec. 19 on why the ballot initiative should not be <BR>>
nullified. It said lawyers for the plaintiffs, who include same-sex <BR>>
couples who did not wed before the election, must respond before Jan.
5.<BR>> <BR>> Oral arguments could be scheduled as early as March,
according to court <BR>> spokeswoman Lynn Holton.<BR>> <BR>>
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Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR>> <BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow,
Idaho<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>> Tom Hansen wrote:<BR>>>
> >From the Associated Press -<BR>>> ><BR>>> >
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y1axGO8iAE<BR>>> ><BR>>> >
Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR>>> ><BR>>> > Tom
Hansen<BR>>> > Moscow, Idaho<BR>>> > <BR>>> >
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The <BR>>
college <BR>>> > students are not very active in local elections
(thank goodness!)."<BR>>> ><BR>>> > - Dale Courtney (March
28, 2007)<BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> >
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