Posted on 03/15/2005 12:35:06 AM PST by JohnHuang2
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A California judge yesterday ruled that it is unconstitutional for the state to deny marriage licenses to homosexual couples. "[I]t appears that no rational purpose exists for limiting marriage in this state to opposite-sex partners," San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer ruled in the consolidated lawsuit filed by same-sex couples and others seeking marital rights. Judge Kramer rejected the state's arguments that male-female marriage embodies the traditional understanding of what marriage is. Click to learn more... "Simply put, same-sex marriage cannot be prohibited solely because California has always done so before," Judge Kramer wrote. He also rejected the state's argument that it is acceptable to maintain traditional marriage while offering many similar rights to same-sex couples through laws recognizing domestic partnerships. "The idea that marriagelike rights without marriage is adequate smacks of a concept long rejected by the courts -- separate but equal," said the judge, who was appointed to the bench by Republican Gov. Pete Wilson.
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Ahhh... Kalifornika - the land of nuts, flakes, and fruits.
I was under the impression California had voted a constitutional amendment in 2000 banning gay marriage.
We did, but that doesn't matter to the mayor.
It was nauseating watching the news on this tonite. My poor little old 82-year-old mother having to sit there and watch their incessant coverage of the kisses and touching. Grossed us out. (Not in an insensitive way, but it is such a destructive sin to themselves, it is so tragic, and so sad to see them 'looking for love in all the wrong places.')
Not to worry. The conservative 9th circuit will overturn this /sarcasm
Yes Ca did - but that's not the point. The 'judge' doesn't like it, that's the point.
And 40 years ago marrage was considered outdated. Open marrage. group marrage. shacking up, common law were the rule fo the day! True Marrage was obsolete!
Now, marrage is back in style----if you are gay.
Next: Human and sheep marriage. (Why not?)
***I was under the impression California had voted a constitutional amendment in 2000 banning gay marriage.***
It wasn't. The initiative added a statute to the Family Code. No amendment to the Constitution
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