dailykos.com - 5/26/2009
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Today's California Supreme Court decision did not concern gay marriage and equal protection directly; instead, the issue was self-governance itself. How can Californians amend their state Constitution? [T]he principal issue before us concerns the scope of the right of the people, under ...
Decision Day on California's Prop 8
dneiwert.blogspot.com 5/25/2009 — -- by Sara Rainbow Bear Flag by Gilbert Bak er Tomorrow is D-Day in California: the day that the state’s Supreme Court will render its decision on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the initiative passed last November to put an end to ...
Prop 8 Ruling Due Today
talkleft.com 5/26/2009 — The California Supreme Court will issue its long-awaited decision on gay marriage today. Some recent news coverage: Hundreds pray on eve of Prop 8 ruling Weariness and confidence as foes and backers of Proposition 8 await court ruling ...
Prop 8 Decision: What to Expect from the California Supreme Court
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com 5/26/2009 —
photo by Jamison
Today is the Day of Decision for the California Supremes on marriage equality. The High Court will announce its decisions at 10am Pacific Time. Will Proposition 8 be upheld or overturned? Will the Rainbow Window marriages ...
Proposition 8 upheld
faustasblog.com 5/26/2009 — Prop. 8 upheld by California Supreme Court
The justices uphold the same-sex marriage ban but also rule that the 18,000 gay couples who wed before the November vote will stay married. The decision is sure to spark another ballot box fight.
Although the court split 6-1 on the ...
California's Prop 8 Upheld, Married Couples Still Wed
librarygrape.com 5/26/2009 — You may be surprised to hear me say this but I think the recent decision by the California Supreme Court to uphold Proposition 8 was a good thing: The California Supreme Court today upheld Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage but also ruled that gay couples who wed before the election will ...
Gay Marriage Law Should Embrace A Live And Let Live Mentality
thepolicyreport.net 5/24/2009 — The California State Supreme Court will release it’s opinion this Tuesday on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 — the ballot initiative approved by voters last November that defined marriage as between a man and a woman. While the California Supreme Court’s ruling is only ...
CA Supreme Court Upholds Prop 8
gaypatriot.net 5/26/2009 — Seems like the justices made the right decision this time. The decision was 6-1. Now, the issue is developing a strategy to repeal the state constitutional provision defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. And to do so in a manner ...
California court upholds Prop 8
hotair.com 5/26/2009 — In what looks like a Solomonic and almost unavoidable conclusion , the California Supreme Court acknowledged that voters in the state properly amended the Constitution to bar single-gender marriage. [...] Read the rest »
California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Opinion
thepolicyreport.net 5/26/2009 —
Today the California Supreme Court issued an opinion on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 — which prevents same sex couples from marrying in the state. In a 6-1 decision they chose to uphold Proposition 8 and in a 7-0 decision chose to protect the same sex marriages performed ...
Prop 8: California Supreme Court Says Constitution is… Constitutional
thepolicyreport.net 5/26/2009 —
By Ron Nehring, Chairman of the California Republican Party
In a sign that there is some sanity left in this world, the California Supreme Court ruled 6-1 today that the state Constitution is constitutional. Meaning, the constitutional amendment called Proposition 8, defining marriage in ...
Hit The Streets - Prop 8 Upheld by Court! —
Queers United
Proposition 8 has been upheld by the Supreme Court. Gay marriage is officially illegal in the state of California, and the 18,000 marriages before hand are still in tact. Be mad. Go out to the streets. http://www.dayofdecision.org
Up Next, Court Ruling in CA —
The Moderate Voice
With the Sonia Sotomayor pick set to be announced, now we wait for the California Supremes’ decision on Prop 8. The Los Angeles Times has a Q&A on the latter:
The state’s top court will rule on whether to uphold or strike down Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment banning ...
Proposition 8 Ruling is a Catch 88 —
Politics Daily
See what I did there? It's like a Catch 22, only 4 times as bad. Worse, really, but 88 went well with the rest of the headline. In rendering its decision to uphold Proposition 8, the California Supreme Court ignored, not only their own precedent, but their very reason for existing. Upon advice ...
Did Proposition 8 Court Read Right-Wing Blogs? —
Politics Daily
A slew of conservative blogs have been attacking Sonia Sotomayor , President Obama's nominee for the US Supreme Court, for a statement that she made in 2005: Judicial Confirmation Network, a conservative group that focuses on judicial nominees, made reference to the quote in a statement this ...
Prop. 8 ruling is disappointing, says Pelosi —
News
Like Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) criticized the California Supreme Court's decision on Tuesday to uphold Prop. 8.
In particular, Pelosi criticized the proposition for restricting rights.
"Today's ruling by the Supreme Court in support of Proposition 8 is ...
Court Upholds Prop. 8, But Lets Existing Gay Marriages Stand —
Daily Kos
As conventional wisdom anticipated and equal rights advocates dreaded, the California Supreme Court has upheld Proposition 8 in a 6-1 ruling . Gay marriages entered into since the Court's previous decision last May and Nov. 4 (when Prop. 8 prohibiting such marriages passed) remain legal, the ...
Court Upholds Prop. 8. Lets Existing Gay Marriages Stand —
Daily Kos
As conventional wisdom anticipated and equal rights advocates dreaded, the California Supreme Court has upheld Proposition 8 in a 6-1 ruling . Gay marriages entered into as a result of the Court's previous decision last May and when Prop. 8 prohibiting such marriages passed November 4, remain ...
California Supreme Court Approves Prop 8 —
Stop The ACLU
Breaking
The California Supreme Court upheld Tuesday a ban on same-sex marriages that state voters passed in November, but it allowed about 18,000 same-sex marriages performed before the ban to remain valid.
The 6-1 ruling was met with chants of “shame on you” from a crowd of about ...
California Supreme Court to Perez Hilton: Suck it! —
Six Meat Buffet
The monkeys in the California Supreme Court finally got one right.
By a 6-1 margin :
The California Supreme Court today upheld Proposition 8’s ban on same-sex marriage but also ruled that gay couples who wed before the election will continue to be married under state law.
Although ...
Calif. Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban But... —
Hit & Run
...allows existing marriages to stay legal. The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved constitutional amendment Tuesday that bans same-sex marriage in the state. The court said, however, that those couples who wed in the state under an earlier opinion from the court, will be ...
Calif. Supreme Court upholds Prop. 8 —
News
The California Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Proposition 8, last year's successful ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage in the Golden State.
The court also ruled in Strauss v. Horton, though, that the state should continue to recognize same-sex marriages that have already taken place ...
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