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To: L.N. Smithee
Calif. Court Voids S.F. Same-Sex Marriages
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DAVID KRAVETS, AP Legal Affairs Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that San Francisco's mayor overstepped his authority by issuing same-sex marriage licenses this spring. The court also voided all the marriages of gay and lesbian couples sanctioned by the city.

The court said the city violated the law when it issued the certificates and performed the marriage ceremonies in a monthlong wedding march that began Feb. 12, since both legislation and a voter-approved measure defined marriage as a union between a man and woman.

The court, however, did not resolve whether the California Constitution would permit a same-sex marriage, ruling instead on the narrow issue of whether local officials could bypass California's judicial and legislative branches.

53 posted on 08/12/2004 10:09:19 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead
they should have an amendment on the ballot in november. i don't understand how come massachusetts can tell the people there what they should accept if they've never been asked. it's not right. i feel sorry for them.
68 posted on 08/12/2004 10:12:44 AM PDT by EST
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To: dead
...voter-approved measure...

Someone's paying attention.

107 posted on 08/12/2004 10:42:38 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (Hey, RNC! Get Bob Dylan to sing "Saving Grace" at the Convention!)
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To: dead; Grampa Dave
ruling ... on the narrow issue of whether local officials could bypass California's judicial and legislative branches.

Good

We now know that local sheriffs cannot give sanction to bank robberies in the name of "Social Justice".

The fact that it took 70+ days instead of 70 seconds for the SCOTSOC to slap down the "local bypass of the law" option is rather disturbing.

153 posted on 08/12/2004 12:15:06 PM PDT by TeleStraightShooter (Kerry plans to graff post-Vietnam policy on Iraq: Cut funding and let the Syrian Baathists take over)
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