What the hell is wrong w/California court...? Gay marriage ruling...

[bliss_eternal]

Appeals court upholds same-sex marriage ban
Bob Egelko, Cecilia M. Vega and Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Staff Writer

Thursday, October 5, 2006

10-05) 15:40 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Gays and lesbians have no constitutional right to marry in California, a right that can be granted only by state lawmakers or voters, a state appeals court ruled today.

The 2-1 decision, which reversed a San Francisco Superior Court judge's ruling, was a defeat for gay-rights advocates, who have looked to California courts to follow the lead of a 2003 ruling by Massachusetts' high court legalizing same-sex marriage in that state. The California Supreme Court is expected to have the final word in the case sometime next year.

In today's ruling, the Court of Appeal in San Francisco said the boundaries of marriage are up to the Legislature, which passed a law in 1977 defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. State voters reaffirmed that decision in a 2000 initiative that denied recognition to same-sex marriages in other states.



http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/05/BAG4KLJAF24.DTL

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[Webster Green]

1. Did you mean: What the hell is wrong with Judge Richard Kramer?

Ask that question again when Das Gropernator wins re-election, and you will be on to something.

[bliss_eternal]

3. You're right...

I changed my heading a bit to reflect that. Thank you! :hi:

[Ian David]

2. Der Gropenfuhrer vetoed a law legalizing gay marriage in california...

he said it was a matter for the courts.

Now, the courts have said it's a matter for the legislature.

Can Ahnold undo his veto?

[bliss_eternal]

4. I hate him...

he's a fucking liar. Before he got in office he stated he was pro-gay marriage. :eyes: Then he gets in and vetoes it--and we all know why. Because his head was up the ass of * and he didn't want to piss him off, or undermine his bid for a Constitutional Amendment against gay marriage.

I can't believe the Anglelides campaign and those that support him aren't yelling this stuff from the rooftops. He's a two-faced, bigoted, NAZI LIAR!!! He's a misogynist, sexist, homophobic, piece of shit!

[lapfog_1]

5. You know, since there isn't any big interest in the Repuke

party to get a constitutional amendment passed which would allow Der Gropenfuher to run for the Presidency...

why doesn't Arnold just go ahead and carve his own path? He already has bucked the repuke party line by
supporting stem cell research and instituted caps on greenhouse gases... why not go all the way and support
gay rights. It won't hurt him here in CA... and might just seal the deal on him being the governator until
he is term limited out. There isn't anywhere else for him to go after that (Mayor of LA or something).