Posted on 02/07/2012 10:24:14 AM PST by South40
SAN FRANCISCO – Supporters and opponents of California's ban on same-sex marriage were anxiously awaiting a federal appeals court decision Tuesday on whether the voter-approved measure violates the civil rights of gay men and lesbians.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that considered the question plans to issue its long-awaited opinion 18 months after a trial judge struck down the ban following the first federal trial to examine if same-sex couples have a constitutional right to get married.
The 9th Circuit does not typically give notice of its forthcoming rulings, and its decision to do so Monday reflects the intense interest in the case.
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Supporting Gay Civil Unions IS supporting Gay Marriage, just with a delay before the word “marriage” is applied.
the only way to do that would be to abolish inheritance, paternity, maternity and anything family related.
IOW no property rights at all.
no property of person.
no real property
no personal property
no intelectual property
no property of ones associations
nice going comrade, big brother loves you. (that way)
the people said and voted back in the 90’s but then the courts said you need a constitutional amendment.
So the people went about this and the left thought they would not get the signatures but they were wrong.
It went on the ballot and the left spent millions upon millions on this thinking it would never pass. They intimidated voters etc.
The constitutional amendment passed and now the same court states the constitutional amendment is unconstitutional.
They use the argument that it takes away some peoples rights but it does not for one.
Homosexuals can marry just not too the same sex.
It is not right in the constitution to marry.
But lets go with what they said.
If it is taking their rights away then they must apply that same argument to mormons wanting 9 wives or muslims wanting 4 wives according to their religion , then there is gun rights etc which this court does not like.
This was out and out pure blatant judicial activism, you know it, I know it, the MSM knows it, the GOP knows it and left knows it and the judges know it and will the GOP now stake a stand and say we will fight for social issues, we will fight for the right of the people, as Govt takes it power from the people.
Will they hell.
They the GOP will shut up to not upset their north east , DC elitist homosexuals and cross dressing cocktail party pals .
They have totally ignored the constitution, they have pissed all over us and the GOP shuts up because all they are about is their power and their pockets.
These judges have to be stopped fro their activism
not the same.
behavior is not an imutable or exposed traight.
You are confusing skin color with bedroom conduct.
homosexual behavior contributes NOTHING to society. zip, nada.
Society rewards the institution not the individual.
There is no science to support “born that way”
(you watch too much spiderman...)
So did they also declare the Bible and Christians unconstitutional yet?
None of that is true. None.
All of those laws could be preserved without marriage. In fact all of them stand NOW without marriage.
There are no property laws in the USA that depend on marriage.
Comrade? Who do you think you're talking to?
We've already ascertained that you don't know what you are talking about.
the meme of “born that way” and “who cares” is controlling here.
These judges go to ABA conferences where the FAR FAR left controls. The model law projects sponsored by the ABA are all about anything goes marriage with children as mere “accessories” but not part of a marriage.
These judges are often failed students with the gift of gab.
If it is upheld they will simply try and repeal it through popular vote. Prop.8 passed in 2008 by 52%. I wonder if it even would pass now. The second the homosexualists think they have the numbers they will stop howling about their civil rights being infringed by the majority and be screaming for the popular voting process.
Freegards
Does not anyone fear the Lord??? God have mercy on their souls...
This is an utterly baseless assertion.
no property of person. no real property no personal property no intelectual property no property of ones associations
This is a list, not a substantiation of your baseless assertion. There is no correlation between your baseless assertion and the list.
Nice going comrade, big brother loves you.
Actually, Big Brother is government licensing / controlling marriage.
Instead of government licensed controlled legal marriage, there should be private marital contracts binding only those signing them. And those should be treated the same as any other contracts are: those who sign them write the terms.
I consider it unconstitutional to give EXTRA rights to one group of people over another.
What do I mean by this?
Heterosexuals all abide by the laws that determine who can marry whom.
Homosexuals have the same freedoms and rights as heterosexuals. They can marry anyone of the opposite sex that is legally able to marry and consents.
But that isn’t enough for the homosexuals.
They want that AND they want the ability to marry people of the same sex.
So I suppose this now means that two brothers or two sisters can marry one another? Certainly the homosexuals won’t deny these “same-sex lovers” the right to marry, will they? And how about a mother and daughter or mother and son or father and daughter and father and son? Certainly the homosexuals won’t deny these “other-oriented romances” the same right to marry, will they?
You see, homosexuals, either the people determine what is morally and legally acceptable, or they do not. If they do not, then there are no rules. If they do, then WE who are in an atomic-sized majority (as proved overwhelmingly in the far-left state of California) can set those rules.
What they don’t understand is that they are forcing America to pass an amendment to the US Constitution defining marriage along traditional, Judeo-Christian terms.
Yes, the same people who scream with big mouths and red faces “DEMOCRACY NOW!” (and even have an asinine show by that name) simply love dictatorship when one judge can overrule the will of the overwhelming majority.
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It's horrible to be ruled by a few fistfuls of leftist judges.
Marriage has been recognized legally for at least a few thousand years. It is not a “nanny state” invention.
Your plan is liberaltarianism anarchy and against natural law and reason.
Not anarchy at all.
Private contracts with the terms determined solely by the two adults signing them, with an overall parameter of one man and one woman and, of course, only legal elements in the contract.
Much better than Big Government setting the terms, as is the case now.
Yes, anarchy. There is no reason government should not recognize the legality of natural law based marriage.
Are you a Ron Paul supporter by any chance?
BTW, “Big Government” has not set the terms for marriage, Natural Law has done that already. Now, Big Government wants to usurp Natural Law and replace it with faggotry.
You are wrong, and you are probably a libertarian since that is their utterly wrong headed, anti-Natural Law position.
No surprise. Will this reach SCOTUS just in time for the election next fall? Candidates better have an answer on this issue.
That's impossible.
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