Proposition 8 Overturned: Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down in California

[PlumpRump]

August 4, 2010

...A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that a voter initiative banning same-sex marriage in California violated the Constitution's equal protection and due process rights clauses.

After a five-month wait, 9th Circuit District Court Judge Vaughn Walker offered a 136-page decision in the case of Perry v. Schwarzenegger, firmly rejecting Proposition 8, which was passed by voters in November 2008.

"Although Proposition 8 fails to possess even a rational basis, the evidence presented at trial shows that gays and lesbians are the type of minority strict scrutiny was designed to protect," Walker ruled.

...The judgment was the first offered by a federal court with respect to laws banning gay marriage at the state level and it promises to have massive reverberations across the political and judicial landscape. The decision is now expected to head to the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court, also based in San Francisco, for appeal, and from there to the Supreme Court. (Gay marriages will not resume immediately in California; the decision has been stayed until August 6 to consider arguments regarding an appeal.)

In the interim, however, Walker's ruling gave gay-rights activists a second occasion to rejoice in less than a month. In July, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as one man and one woman, was also unconstitutional

Full Article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/04/prop-8-overturned-gay-mar_n_671018.html

 

[bustybbwlover]

attempt two! let the gays marry i say!

 

[Vlad The Impaler]

Oh boy.

 

[Mayhem]

Dammit, I repped you for something else so I can't rep for sheer balls.

:hatsoff: This will have to do.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

attempt two! let the gays marry i say!

Dammit, I repped you for something else so I can't rep for sheer balls.

:hatsoff: This will have to do.

So where have you registered for gifts?:Flame::Flame::Flame:

 

[pete rose]

These pretzels are making me thirsty.

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Gee. Because one of these threads weren't enough that another had to be started and most likely go the same route.

http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=429375&page=4

 

[pete rose]

The Perfect Shitstorm

 

[Mayhem]

Gee. Because one of these threads weren't enough that another had to be started and most likely go the same route.

http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=429375&page=4

No, no. We've all turned over a new leaf and have promised to behave. Thank God gunslingingbird is on the job.

 

[DJCowboy]

I can't believe the U.S. is even still debating this. Fucking ridiculous

 

[Smallville417]

Should have been legal long ago, everywhere.

 

[shayd]

Round Two....FIGHT!

 

[jjo_is4]

impdaddy

 

[CurtJa]

It's all over, man. America is just gone now -- the dream and pursuit of happiness is dead and buried. No longer will our country be a shining beacon for family values and moral fiber around the world.

 

[jjo_is4]

No longer will our country be a shining beacon for family values and moral fiber around the world.

I don't think you ever were. :dunno:

 

[CurtJa]

I don't think you ever were. :dunno:

Clearly you haven't seen enough early 20th century family values promotional films. Might I suggest, "Reefer Madness" ? Did you know that before homosexuality and marijuana corrupted our culture the US had a 0% crime rate across the board and a 0% divorce rate?

 

[Mayhem]

Clearly you haven't seen enough early 20th century family values promotional films. Might I suggest, "Reefer Madness" ? Did you know that before homosexuality and marijuana corrupted our culture the US had a 0% crime rate across the board and a 0% divorce rate?

This was also before we let Mexicans across the border an' nigras knew their place. :angels:

 

[jjo_is4]

Clearly you haven't seen enough early 20th century family values promotional films. Might I suggest, "Reefer Madness" ?

You're correct. :hatsoff:

I haven't seen any of your "promotional films."

And I'm not American.

Did you know that before homosexuality and marijuana corrupted our culture the US had a 0% crime rate across the board and a 0% divorce rate?

Crime started the day Adam eat that apple in New York.

There is no country on earth that "ever" had a 0% crime rate. :2 cents:

You can think whatever you like about America. All I'm saying is I don't think the rest of the world "ever" shared the same view of your country as Americans.

The rest of the world loves football. Most Americans don't. :2 cents:

BTW who made these promotional films? Rock Hudson <-- (joke)

 

[Mayhem]

i·ro·ny    /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər-/ Show Spelled[ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] Show IPA
–noun, plural -nies.


1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
2. Literature .
a. a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
b. (esp. in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
3. Socratic irony.
4. dramatic irony.
5. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
6. the incongruity of this.
7. an objectively sardonic style of speech or writing.
8. an objectively or humorously sardonic utterance, disposition, quality, etc.

 

[jjo_is4]

I wonder how long this thread will remain open? :angels: