Wow. I’m sort of shocked, actually.
"Wow. I’m sort of shocked, actually."
"I’m happy, but a tad confused..so now 17,000 or so illegal marriages are in fact legal..???"
Don't be shocked. The CA Supreme Court justices wanted to keep their jobs. Last time the CA SC strayed, we threw almost the entire lot out. Obviously, three of the justices didn't want to incur voter wrath in 2010 -- an off-year, I might add, when conservatives rule at the ballot box.
The 17,000 marriages staying legal is not surprising. Once the CA SC ruled they were legal, the prior law was amended. Prop 8 did not nullify past events. So the justices would have been wrong to declare the gay marriages null and void.
I don't care if some wierdos in Santa Monica and San Francisco legally call themselves wed. What I do care is that the gays lost, and that public school kids will not be forced to believe in the equivalence of hetero and homosexual marriage, which is what would have happened. I can already hear the school administrators saying, "After all, we must teach children the law of the state of California."
Two victories for the good guys in California this month -- kicking the crap out of Sacramento on taxes and BS, and kicking the crap out of San Francisco on their perverted lifestyle.