Posted on 05/15/2008 11:16:33 AM PDT by gallaxyglue
California Supreme Court opinion (PDF) A sharply divided California Supreme Court today legalized same-sex marriage, a historic ruling that will allow gay and lesbian couples across the state to wed as soon as next month and inflame the social, political and moral debate over gay unions. In a 4-3 ruling written by Chief Justice Ronald George, the Supreme Court struck down California laws that restrict marriage to heterosexual couples, finding that it is unconstitutional to deprive gays and lesbians of the equal right to walk down the aisle with a marriage license in hand. The California and Massachusetts Supreme Courts are now the only top courts in the country to uphold the right of gay couples to marry. "The California Constitution properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil right to all Californians, whether gay or heterosexual, and to same-sex couples as well as to opposite-sex couples," the court observed in a 121-page decision. The reaction was immediate.
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And so continues the moral degradation of society.
And assualt laws violate my right to walk across the court room and slap the crap out of idiot judges.
This country is beginning to stink.
Domestic Partnerships are the same thing as marriage anyway. Nice that the good Christians of California didn’t corrupt themselves by stepping into the ring with sound argumnets. Might have hurt their image. /sarc
Soooper!
LOL to post 3.
“In a 4-3 ruling written by Chief Justice Ronald George, the Supreme Court struck down California laws that restrict marriage to heterosexual couples, finding that it is unconstitutional..”
Reduces the status of kids to household pets.
““In a 4-3 ruling written by Chief Justice Ronald George, the Supreme Court struck down California laws that restrict marriage to heterosexual couples, finding that it is unconstitutional..”
Reduces the status of kids to household pets.”
Hey at this rate, people will be marrying their pets.
Don’t bend over when you drop your keys crossing Polk Street in San Francisco.
If you thought Kalifornia was bad before this ruling, wait until the gay migration begins.
San Andreas, do your stuff!.................QUICKLY!....
...And the winner for the fringe-wacko group that will blow another election for the Democratic party is...(drum roll)....
the homosexuals! yes, the homosexuals our repeating champions!
We don't need no steenkin' laws.
They might as well do away with any sort of state legistlatures while they're at it. Why do they need representatives when they have JUDGES!!!???!!! Heck - no need to even VOTE, either, since it's all being decided by them, anyway.
The ballot means nothing.
We need a constitutional amendment to stop this descent.
At least they’ll all be in one place when the sliding into the Pacific part starts........
Liberals are a bigger threat to America than islamic terrorists.
I would have been shocked if they had ruled any other way.
How can they rule accordingly and then deny polygamy?
How can any form of marriage be denied?
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