Posted on 05/19/2008 3:24:52 AM PDT by Man50D
The California Supreme Court's 4-3 decision last Thursday to create homosexual marriage was "a blockbuster" that sent a shockwave that will eventually reverberate in every state of the union, according to legal experts.
"One of the principal effects of the California decision will be to create large numbers of same-sex marriages that will not only reside in California, but will migrate across the country," said Douglas Kmiec, a law professor at Pepperdine University Law School in Malibu, Calif.
Kmiec, one of the nation's foremost legal scholars, told Cybercast News Service that the California court "tossed out the window" the view of marriage that predates the founding of the United States, predates the U.S. Constitution, and that was assumed by those who drafted California's constitution, as well as those who created civil rights law itself.
"(The justices) decided that marriage as a fundamental right could not be limited to heterosexual couples," Kmiec said. "But they also decided, for the first time anywhere in the United States, that as a matter of state constitutional law, sexual orientation was what lawyers call 'a suspect classification' deserving of protection."
The California decision, he said, will have a different effect than the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's 2003 decision bringing same-sex marriage to that state.
"The Massachusetts ruling was confined, more or less to its own state," Kmiec said. "The way the Massachusetts court had interpreted its state law, same-sex marriage in Massachusetts was not available to non-residents."
Homosexuals can't get married in Massachusetts if they aren't already state residents, or they don't come from a state that recognizes same-sex marriage.
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"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
They plan to start lawsuits in various states to challenge the non-recognition of their “marriages”. They won’t be happy until they have ‘gay marriage’ in all 57 states.
"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
The only real solution is to amend the US Constitution. Albeit ridiculous, that is the only way to stop the activist courts.
"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
they have a long way to go. P.S. there are 57 states in ISLAM. That is who obama plans on representing as president of the U.S., should he be elected.
Ironically, this decision may put in jeapordy all those predicting huge pick ups for Democrats in the House and Senate. If the GOP picks up this issue along with several others. Right now the GOP ain’t doing squat.
Got a letter from GOP headquarters requesting I renew my membership. Typical form requesting dues and donations....$500, $200, etc and other. I checked “other” and explained it would be in CARBON CREDITS.
It also predates history, Doug.
This California ruling is the best thing that’s happened to John McCain since Michelle Obama last opened her mouth.
>>In most state constitutions, same sex marriage is prohibited and such state courts must abide by that prohibition.
At least until the gay lawyers invoke the “full faith and credit” clause of the federal constitution to force other states to recognize California ‘marriages’.
You can't change the nature of something by changing the label...
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