Community | July 16, 2008 | 5 comments

Californians cleared to vote on same-sex marriage ban

source: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/16/same.sex.marriages/index.html

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The California Supreme Court has cleared the way for Californians to vote in November on whether to ban same-sex marriages in the state.

A gay couple is married in California in June. Voters could void same-sex marriages in the state in November. The court on Wednesday denied a petition to remove the initiative from the state's general election ballots. The unanimous decision was handed down without elaboration.

Hundreds of marriage licenses have been issued to same-sex couples since mid-June, a month after the court overturned the state's laws against such unions. However, on June 2, opponents of same-sex marriage filed for a ballot initiative that would ban such marriages in the state's constitution. Such a ban would overturn the court's May ruling.
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5 comments // Californians cleared to vote on same-sex marriage ban

  • VeganPickles
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      VeganPickles  

    • This is just sad. Any kind of couple, no matter what kind of relationship- homo, hetero, poly, whatever - should have the same security and protection from the government. Isn't this why our Constitution was written? To better protect the American people?

    • 3 years ago
  • Dmitri_Molotov
  • JohnA
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      JohnA  

    • I don't really care about this issue, but I am glad to see the voters of California stand up to activist judges. I would be pretty pissed if a law I voted for was overturned by some appointed judge on a bench.

    • 3 years ago
  • aschneider
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      aschneider  
    • JohnA:

      The judges are there to overturn unconstitutional laws to protect citizens from lawmakers - and frankly themselves. It may not make them popular, but it sure does make them important.

    • 3 years ago
  • aschneider
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