Posted on 07/16/2008 9:31:46 PM PDT by South40
SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to take up a case by gay rights advocates that sought to keep a same-sex marriage ban off the November ballot. The justices' unanimous decision to reject the petition means that barring further legal action, voters will consider a constitutional amendment that would again limit marriage in California to a union between a man and a woman.
If it passes, the amendment, known as Proposition 8, would overrule the Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage in the state as of June 16. “This was a frivolous lawsuit. It was a desperate attempt to try to keep the voter initiative off the ballot in November,” said Glen Lavy, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund representing the measure's sponsors.
The court did not give a reason for deciding not to accept the case.
Equality California filed a petition last month arguing that the signature petitions used to put the proposal on the ballot, printed up before the court struck down the state's marriage laws, were misleading because they stated that the initiative would have no legal or financial effect.
The gay rights group also claimed that Proposition 8 would so drastically alter the promise of equality written into the California Constitution that it was improper to put it before voters as an amendment.
Equality California and other gay rights groups issued a statement Wednesday saying they were confident that the initiative, similar to gay marriage bans enacted in 26 other states, will fail.
“We're disappointed, but this ruling does not affect the campaign against Prop. 8 in any way,” the groups said. “We have been focused on continuing the election and moving forward.”
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
And once again the people will say, in an overwhelming majority, no to homosexual marriage.
Vote YES on Prop 8.
Equality California is taking a pretty “wide stance” with this (marriage) equality nonsense.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Even our(CA)liberal supreme court knows better than to take this off the ballet. They are already getting a lot of heat because they trashed the initiative banning gay marriage. Well, we will see if this amendment passes, I do believe it will.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
The main reason for the suit against the vote is that the MSM will not be able to lie about how the majority is ok with gay marriage, the vote will show otherwise and handily. Sans the vote and they could PR this issue in their favor fairly easily.
This is good news. May the voters of California do the right thing and protect marriage as properly between a man and a woman.
Their argument appears to be that defining marriage to be between a man and a woman is too radical.
“The MSM wants people to think if you believe marriage is only between a man and a woman, you’re an unenlightened, beer-swilling, gun in the back of the pickup truck rack, NASCAR loving pork rind munching bum and fundamentalist yahoo. “
There is an Obama speech in there somewhere
We will have another referendum and the people will state their will and then the CA courts will crap all over us . . . same old story.
YES, YES, YES to Prop 8! :)
I really don’t understand this. I thought California voted on this a few years ago, and already voted to amend their constitution. How can a Supreme Court overrule the state constitution?
This is calif. The homos will either win or lose by a whisker. CA will probably be the first state to adopt homosexual marriage by voter approval.
Lewis & Lewis “Come On Down To The Farm”
Bitter.. also bitter. you’re a BITTER unenlightened, beer-swilling, gun in the back of the pickup truck rack, NASCAR loving pork rind munching bum and fundamentalist yahoo.
Has the LA Times run a poll yet saying that a majority of voters in California support homo “marriage” like the Boston Globe was doing in Mass? Funny, the Globe’s “poll” said a majority of Mass voters supported it, but for some reason they fought tooth and nail to keep it of the ballot. I wonder why?
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