California Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Proposition 8 Re: Gay Marriage Today
Wesley Gann (R) and his partner Jerry Johnson take part in a rally ahead of the California Supreme Court hearing on Proposition 8 in Los Angeles March 4, 2009. Proposition 8, passed by California voters in November, amends the state constitution to provide that only marriage between a man and a woman is recognized in California
Yes, the California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for and against California Proposition 8 that was passed by California voters last November. Proposition 8 restored the traditional definition of marriage in the California Constitution – one man and one woman.
All of the legal filings before the California Supreme Court are here.
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4 Comments
Pamela
What is going on here?
Flap
Go here: http://flapsblog.com/2009/03/05/california-supreme-court-appears-to-be-ready-to-uphold-constitutionality-of-proposition-8/
Alex Frost
WOW, that’s really serious precedent… Would the authorities marriage them? Or they alredy do that…
Ralph Bruno
Apparently Kenneth Starr, believes the 18,000 marriages were not void ab initio. Lesbians and gays are “a suspect class.” Good reasons why George et al the “wise four” to in essence sustain their original opinion. Even Starr was conceding a world of judical nihilism in arguing that these once valid marriages would have to now rely on the protection of the “putative spouse doctrine.” It is amazing to hear that an admittedly suspect class can find protection in the latest “separate but equal” quick fix. You can just see both the interminable and quixotic world of juris prudence to rise from this ersatz approach. Ironic is the fact that this very Court, expressly refused requests to stay the performance of the eventual 18,000 marriages.
The most laughable and buffoonish aspect of all this was to hear a Roman Catholic Archbishop preaching morality.