ballot measure On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote:
> > im more floored by the fact that California, which i thought was VERY > progressive, had people that voted this legislation in?!? > > odd. > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I like what Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote for the majority: > > > > "Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to > > lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in > > California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and > > families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples," > > > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Get ready for mass whinging from the reich wing. > >> > >> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72559.html > >> > >> California prop 8 ruling on gay marriage overturned > >> By: Associated Press > >> February 7, 2012 01:04 PM EST > >> > >> SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A federal appeals court has declared California's > >> same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, paving the way for a > >> likely U.S. Supreme Court showdown on the voter-approved law. > >> > >> A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San > >> Francisco ruled 2-1 Tuesday that a lower court judge interpreted the > >> U.S. Constitution correctly in 2010 when he declared the ban, known as > >> Proposition 8, to be a violation of the civil rights of gays and > >> lesbians. > >> > >> The measure, which passed with 52 percent of the vote in 2008, > >> outlawed same-sex unions just five months after they became legal in > >> the state. > >> > >> Lawyers for Proposition 8 sponsors and for two couples who sued to > >> overturn the ban have said they would appeal to the Supreme Court if > >> they did not receive a favorable ruling from the 9th Circuit. > > > > > > > > -- > > Larry C. Lyons > > web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons > > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons > > > > There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always > > has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant > > thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, > > nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance > > is just as good as your knowledge." - Issac Asimo > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346437 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
