[Diver Dave]

Gay-rights advocates sued June 19 to block a vote on Prop. 8,...

Come November, I, and a host of voters will be telling Gay-rights advocates to pound sand.

[MeanWestTexan]

That’s wonderful news.

[Dawnsblood]

Good let the people decide and keep the courts out of it.

[DoughtyOne]

I love the smell of “Smack-Down” in the air!

November 4th, KABOOM!!!!

What do you think, 70/30%, 80/20%?

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

Uh oh, can the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturn this, or is it safe as is?

[CounterCounterCulture]

Fabulous :-)

[tflabo]

The state Supreme Court refused today to remove a proposed ban on same-sex marriage from the November ballot.

The black robed tyrants prefer to thwart the will of the voters after the election like good Stalinists would do! Its their M.O.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

The court rarely takes up legal challenges to a ballot measure before an election, and could consider the same issue in another lawsuit if the measure passes.

Unfortunately this ruling does not establish a precedent and expect another challenge if Prop 8 passes. The court for now declined to address the substance, likely because before Prop 8 passes the parties involved lacked standing to bring a lawsuit, since they had not yet been harmed.

[Boagenes]

I hope the sodomites are ready, because the people are coming to the ballot box on November 9th and they are going to have the final say. And all their perverse, faux marriages will be remembered as nothing but a social hiccup, a cultural aberration - same as their lifestyle.

[goldstategop]

They lost one today. They don't know they can't win on the merits of the issue, folks, so if the California Supremes couldn't save their bacon, they're going to have to lie and scare Californians. The one thing the same sex marriage can't do is talk about how wonderful and life changing redefining the traditional definition of marriage is. They're toast at the ballot box, folks and they know it.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[CedarDave]

I’m lost on this. If the state supreme court already ruled that gay marriage was legal (was it in response to a previous citizen initiative??) how will the current initiative result in a different result if passed?? When challenged by the homosexual community, the result before the court is likely to be the same (i.e. gay marriage legal), isn’t it??

[Repeal 16-17]

The CSC probably knew that if it prohibited the People from voting on this, the issue would have gotten a whole uglier. The court knew it could only go so far.

[tlb]

Just a reminder, even if the Initiative passes and gay marriage is blocked in California, those marriages occurring before the vote will remain legal. An ex post facto law won’t affect the prior legal marriages.

Secondly, Massachusetts is moving to enable out-of-staters to marry. A legal marriage performed there must ultimately be recognized anywhere else under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution.

[WalterSkinner]