The decision stated that Proposition 8 had no effect other than that same-sex marriages would have to be called by some other name. The legal rights and privileges granted must be equivalent.
172 posted on 05/26/2009 3:42:51 PM PDT by steve-b
(Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
Which is what domestic partnerships and civil unions are. The legal equivalent of heterosexual marriage. Proposition 8 never intended to repeal them.
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175 posted on 05/26/2009 4:26:46 PM PDT by goldstategop
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