The coast is but the majority of 2nd California is regressive
On Feb 7, 2012, at 9:14 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) â 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:346439 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
