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Date Posted: 05:07:01 03/15/05 Tue
People who voted for Bush in the election, were polled to list the reasons for voting for him. An overwhelming majority listed that he will put a stop to gay marrage as 1 of the reasons they would vote for him. In another words, the promise to stop gay marrages is a primary reason we have the president that we do.
His foreign policy may suck, bringing the threat of WWIII, the final war upon us. His economic policy may suck, sending hard working people into the poorhouse or worse. His health care policies may suck to the point of sending people into bankrupcy just to pay for standard health care needed to survive. His energy policies may send gasoline to $2.50/gal by this summer, & are nearly freezing many elderly to death with rising heating costs. He may turn a deaf ear to any scientific or technological facts that disagree with his policies. Our space profram may be in shambles as he turns scientific discovery back 35 years so he can gallop to the moon & mars. By golly, he may even be an evil, sneaky, shifty-eyed, idiot. But he's a winner for trying to stop gay marrage!
In 1948, a court stuck down a California law banning interacial marrages, declaring it unconstitutional, even though the people voted for the ban.
Article:
Court says no to California gay marriage ban
By Adam Tanner
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In a victory for gay rights groups, a California Superior Court judge
has ruled that the state's voter-approved ban on homosexual marriage is unconstitutional.
Both gay marriage advocates and opponents said Monday's decision was just one step in a legal
battle that may continue for years. Similar disputes are under review in other U.S. states.
"This is an important day but hardly is this effort complete," San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom
told reporters. "It is inevitable there will be an appeal."
The ruling follows Newsom's decision last year to grant more than 4,000 gay marriage licences. The
California Supreme Court ruled that he had exceeded his authority but asked a lower court to consider
the broader issue.
"The denial of marriage to same-sex couples appears impermissibly arbitrary," wrote San Francisco
Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer. "Simply put, same-sex marriage cannot be prohibited solely
because California has always done so."
Referring to California legal code, Kramer added: "This court concludes that both sections are
unconstitutional under the California Constitution."
The judge said creating benefits for same-sex couples without allowing marriage was insufficient
and referred to the landmark 1952 Brown v. Board of Education civil rights decision. "The idea that
marriage-like rights without marriage is adequate smacks of a concept long rejected by the courts:
separate but equal," he wrote.
He also cited a 1948 decision striking down California's ban on interracial marriages.
The latest ruling does not immediately open the way to new gay marriages as the issue is under
appeal, officials said.
"He's out in left field," said state Senate Republican leader Dick Ackerman. "The life expectancy
of it? Very short."
A number of gay couples rushed to city hall after learning of the decision. "Today we truly
believe California is a better place than it was yesterday," said one man, John Lewis, who held hands
with his partner whom he married last year.
California voters approved a measure in 2000 defining marriage as a union of a man and a woman.
"This is just the first phase of a legal challenge." Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told MSNBC.
"This will probably go to the Supreme Court in California."
"I don't believe in gay marriage. I believe in domestic partnership," he said.
In May 2004, Massachusetts became only U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage. In February, a New
York state court ruled in favour of same-sex marriage in a case under appeal.
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