latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/19/2008
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The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to Proposition 8, the ballot measure approved earlier this month that banned same-sex marriage.
But the court also denied a request to put the ban on hold until it considers the challenge.
Here's the court's actual statement:
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Prop 8 and common sense
citizenchris.typepad.com 11/17/2008 — California Governor Arnold Scwarzenegger thinks the battle of Prop 8 is not over. Yesterday on CNN he said preventing gays from marrying was "the same as" preventing interracial marriages in 1948. In fact, he seemed to urge the California Supreme...
Prop 8 and common sense (II)
citizenchris.typepad.com 11/17/2008 — Last week I suggested some common sense reasons why the California Supreme Court should invalidate Prop 8. Here's one more they should consider. Conceivably pro-same sex marriage advocates could put the question on the ballot again in 2010. This time...
Will the U.S. Supreme Court Rule Proposition 8 Unconstitutional?
patterico.com 11/19/2008 — Law professor Brian Gray argues in this morning’s L.A. Times that California’s Proposition 8 may violate the federal Constitution — and that we could see a ruling to that effect some day, written by one Anthony Kennedy.
Is he ...
Proposition 8 To Be Reviewed By California Supreme Court —
The Moderate Voice
Avoiding months of pointless appeals the California Supreme Court has agreed to hear the challenge to Proposition 8, the initiative to ban gay marriage which passed with 52% of the vote earlier this month. The vote to accept the case was 6-1 so it seems justices on both sides of the earlier ...
CA Supreme Court to Hear Challenges to Prop 8 —
GayPatriot
For the past week or so, I’ve been wondering if some of those organizing the rallies against Proposition 8 hope to influence the California Supreme Court, using the appearance of social unrest as a means to push the court to overturn the popular proposition.
It looks like the unhappy ...
Update on 8 —
Shakesville
State Supreme Court to hear challenges to Prop. 8 : The state Supreme Court plunged back into the same-sex marriage wars today, agreeing to decide the legality of a ballot measure that repealed the right of gay and lesbian couples to wed in California. At the urging of both sponsors and ...
California Supreme Court to Hear Proposition 8 Challenges —
Politics Daily
Proposition 8, the recently passed ban on same-sex marriage in California, is headed for the state's Supreme Court, reports Maura Dolan of the LA Times : The California Supreme Court agreed today to review legal challenges to Prop. 8, the voter initiative that restored a ban on same-sex ...
California to Consider Prop. 8 Challenges —
The Democratic Daily
From the S.F. Chronicle :
The California Supreme Court has asked state Attorney General Jerry Brown to reply by Monday to lawsuits challenging the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage — a sign that the justices are taking the cases seriously and will not dispose of them quickly.
A ...
California to consider Prop. 8 challenges —
The Reaction
By Michael J.W. Stickings From the S.F. Chronicle : The California Supreme Court has asked state Attorney General Jerry Brown to reply by Monday to lawsuits challenging the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage -- a sign that the justices are taking the cases seriously and will not ...
CA Supreme Court Will Review Challenges to Prop. 8 —
TalkLeft
The California Supreme Court today agreed to decide whether voter approval of Prop. 8 repealed the state constitutional right to same sex marriage that the court recognized earlier this year. The court agreed today to review two related arguments by opponents of Prop. 8 - that the measure ...
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