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FNC: California law banning gay marriage is unconstitutional
Fox News | March 14, 2005

Posted on 03/14/2005 12:16:45 PM PST by Dont Mention the War

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
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1 posted on 03/14/2005 12:16:47 PM PST by Dont Mention the War
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To: Dont Mention the War

State or Federal ruling?


2 posted on 03/14/2005 12:18:11 PM PST by pierrem15
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To: Dont Mention the War

I think we can recall Superior Court judges, just like Gray Davis. Let's go to it!


3 posted on 03/14/2005 12:18:21 PM PST by Defiant (This tagline has targeted 10 journalists intentionally, that I personally know of.)
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To: Dont Mention the War

Says who? The illustrious Ninth Circuit?


4 posted on 03/14/2005 12:18:21 PM PST by katieanna (Fear Not. Believe Only.)
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To: Dont Mention the War

How?


5 posted on 03/14/2005 12:18:21 PM PST by demlosers (We win. They lose. USA number 1 ! IYAAYAS !)
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To: pierrem15

It's gotta be either a Californistan court or the 9th Circus Court ruling.


6 posted on 03/14/2005 12:18:59 PM PST by boofus
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To: Dont Mention the War

9th Circus?


7 posted on 03/14/2005 12:19:10 PM PST by gopwinsin04
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Mar 14, 3:17 PM EST

Judge finds California's marriage law unconstitutional

By LISA LEFF
Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A judge ruled Monday that California can no longer justify limiting marriage to a man and a woman, a legal milestone that if upheld on appeal would pave the way for the nation's most populous state to follow Massachusetts in allowing same-sex couples to wed.

In an opinion that had been awaited because of San Francisco's historical role as a gay rights battleground, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer said that withholding marriage licenses from gays and lesbians is unconstitutional.

"It appears that no rational purpose exists for limiting marriage in this state to opposite-sex partners," Kramer wrote.

The judge wrote that the state's historical definition of marriage, by itself, cannot justify the unconstitutional denial of equal protection for gays and lesbians and their right to marry.

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"The state's protracted denial of equal protection cannot be justified simply because such constitutional violation has become traditional," Kramer wrote.

Kramer's decision came in a pair of lawsuits seeking to overturn California's statutory ban on gay marriage. They were brought by the city of San Francisco and a dozen same-sex couples last March, after the California Supreme Court halted the four-week marriage spree Mayor Gavin Newsom had initiated when he directed city officials to issue marriage licenses to gays and lesbians in defiance of state law.

It could be months or years, however, before the state actually sanctions same-sex marriage, if it sanctions the unions at all. Two legal groups representing religious conservatives joined with California's attorney general in defending the existing laws.

Robert Tyler, an attorney with the conservative Alliance Defense Fund, said the group would appeal Kramer's ruling.

Attorney General Bill Lockyer has said in the past that he expected the matter eventually would have to be settled by the California Supreme Court.


8 posted on 03/14/2005 12:19:28 PM PST by So Cal Rocket (Proud Member: Internet Pajama Wearers for Truth)
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To: Dont Mention the War

He apparently based it on the State Constitution's equal protection clause, in an effort to avoid federal review.


9 posted on 03/14/2005 12:19:29 PM PST by Defiant (This tagline has targeted 10 journalists intentionally, that I personally know of.)
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To: Dont Mention the War
Let me guess, the 9th circus?


10 posted on 03/14/2005 12:19:38 PM PST by OXENinFLA
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Well, I certainly didnt expect Missouri or Georgia to be the first state to say this. LOL


11 posted on 03/14/2005 12:19:38 PM PST by smith288 (The GOP, Ditech of politics... "lost another one to GOP" - Howard dean)
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To: boofus

Anything good about this state is being destroyed.


12 posted on 03/14/2005 12:20:09 PM PST by international american (Tagline now fireproof....purchased from "Conspiracy Guy Custom Taglines"LLC)
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To: gopwinsin04

San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20050314/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage


13 posted on 03/14/2005 12:20:11 PM PST by drungus
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State or Federal ruling?

If it's an amendment to the state constitution, I'm baffled at how it could (on its merits) be ruled unconstitutional. Either way, it will go to the 9th circus clowns of appeal and hopefully end up at the USSC.

14 posted on 03/14/2005 12:20:20 PM PST by ClintonBeGone (In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
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"It appears that no rational purpose exists for limiting marriage in this state to opposite-sex partners," Kramer wrote.

"rational" completely relative to a bleeding heart wussy liberal...

15 posted on 03/14/2005 12:20:42 PM PST by smith288 (The GOP, Ditech of politics... "lost another one to GOP" - Howard dean)
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To: drungus

Prolly a rump ranger himself.


16 posted on 03/14/2005 12:21:16 PM PST by international american (Tagline now fireproof....purchased from "Conspiracy Guy Custom Taglines"LLC)
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To: Dont Mention the War

This is terrible. But it's not suprising.

The world's just going to get worse and worse. We need to just win as many people to Christ as we can.


17 posted on 03/14/2005 12:22:24 PM PST by wk4bush2004
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To: ClintonBeGone

No, it will go to the CA Supreme Court, which is surprisingly conservative.


18 posted on 03/14/2005 12:22:52 PM PST by Hugin
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It's no biggy if it's a trial court judge. Patience my friends.


19 posted on 03/14/2005 12:23:48 PM PST by ClintonBeGone (In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
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These judges need to get off of their "I'm God and I can do whatever I want" seats. We seriously need to do massive impeachments.


20 posted on 03/14/2005 12:25:14 PM PST by wk4bush2004
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