California Supreme Court Orders a Halt to Same Sex Marriages

1 posted on 03/11/2004 2:29:42 PM PST by William McKinley

To: William McKinley

Well what do you know? Seem like a majority of them can actually read.

2 posted on 03/11/2004 2:30:54 PM PST by CasearianDaoist ((Nuance THIS!))

To: William McKinley

3 posted on 03/11/2004 2:31:44 PM PST by Enterprise ("Do you know who I am?")

To: William McKinley

Holy Shiite...whoda thunkit?

4 posted on 03/11/2004 2:32:01 PM PST by ElectricStrawberry (27th Infantry Regiment...Nec Aspera Terrent!!!)

To: CasearianDaoist

Anyone wanna bet the 9th Circus chimes in within 48 hours?

5 posted on 03/11/2004 2:32:20 PM PST by SF Republican

To: ElectricStrawberry

A broken clock is right twice a day

6 posted on 03/11/2004 2:32:44 PM PST by John Will

To: William McKinley

Well, it's about time. Now, let's see the opinions as soon as they are released.

7 posted on 03/11/2004 2:33:05 PM PST by Indy Pendance

To: Carry_Okie; SierraWasp

8 posted on 03/11/2004 2:33:18 PM PST by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)

To: William McKinley

Next step: all same sex marriages NOT VALID AND MAYOR UNDER ARREST.

9 posted on 03/11/2004 2:33:40 PM PST by fish hawk ("I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more")

To: SF Republican

"Anyone wanna bet the 9th Circus chimes in within 48 hours?"

Nope..that's a losing bet.

10 posted on 03/11/2004 2:33:50 PM PST by nobody_knows (It's the national security, and future supreme court appointments STUPID!)

To: William McKinley

11 posted on 03/11/2004 2:34:26 PM PST by k2blader (Some folks should worry less about how conservatives vote and more about how to advance conservatism)

To: William McKinley; Grampa Dave; Carry_Okie; Ernest_at_the_Beach

Bang!!! (sound of door slamming!)

12 posted on 03/11/2004 2:34:39 PM PST by SierraWasp (I'm in contempt of contemptuous liberal courts! We cannot have a Stable Society with their Rule!!!)

To: SF Republican

I don't think so. I think the idea was that the law banning SSM was against the Califonia State Constitution. If you are going to challenge a State Supreme Court, the next stop is the US Supreme Court.

13 posted on 03/11/2004 2:35:23 PM PST by OneTimeLurker

To: SF Republican

Can they overrule a state supreme court? It is not a federal matter is it?

BTW, I am a NYC conservative, my heart goes out to you out there in SF, you being a Republican and all. Do they make you wear a badge or something?

14 posted on 03/11/2004 2:35:29 PM PST by CasearianDaoist ((Nuance THIS!))

To: Prime Choice

Care to retract that hideous "Village People" CA Supreme Court graphic now?

15 posted on 03/11/2004 2:35:44 PM PST by ambrose ("John Kerry has blood of American soldiers on his hands" - Lt. Col. Oliver North)

To: SF Republican

72 hours; the Northern California District will weigh in first.

16 posted on 03/11/2004 2:36:07 PM PST by steveegg (You don't clean up 8 years of messes in 4, only to turn it over to Pigpen - W'04)

To: William McKinley

oh really now, they care about the law.

17 posted on 03/11/2004 2:36:30 PM PST by nickcarraway

To: SF Republican

The 9th Circus? But...but....but - isn't this a "States Rights" issue?

18 posted on 03/11/2004 2:36:41 PM PST by Enterprise ("Do you know who I am?")

retraction has to be EARNED, it can't be bought with just one decision.

19 posted on 03/11/2004 2:37:15 PM PST by longtermmemmory (Vote!)

To: William McKinley

Court Orders Halt to SF Same-Sex Marriages

http://beta.kpix.com/news/local/2004/03/11/Court_Orders_Halt_to_SF_Same-Sex_Marriages.html

Associated Press

(AP) - The California Supreme Court ordered an immediate halt to gay marriages in San Francisco and said Thursday it would hear a case in May or June on the legality of such marriages.

The action by California's highest court came two weeks after state Attorney General Bill Lockyer and a conservative group asked the seven justices to immediately block the gay marriages, with more than 3,700 couples having wed at City Hall so far.

The dispute began Feb. 12, when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered his administration to issue same-sex marriage licenses. A steady stream of gay and lesbians from two dozen states have traveled to be married at City Hall, just a block from where the Supreme Court sits.

California's top court did not immediately address whether Newsom had the legal power to authorize the marriages, which contravenes a state law and voter referendum that say marriage is a union between a man and a woman. The justices also did not address whether the California Constitution would permit a gay marriage, as Newsom claims.

Instead, the justices moved to block any more marriages, at least for now, until they decide whether Newsom had the power to authorize such unions. Had the court declined to intervene, the legal battle over gay marriage in California would have taken years as gay marriage lawsuits traveled through the state's lower courts.

20 posted on 03/11/2004 2:37:19 PM PST by Indy Pendance

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