Posted on 08/12/2010 10:37:06 AM PDT by SmithL
SAN FRANCISCO -- Lesbian and gay couples were lining up this morning at the San Francisco clerk's office, hours before a judge is expected to rule on whether same-sex marriages can resume while his landmark decision in the case is appealed.
Rod Wood, 56, and his boyfriend of seven years, Roger Hunt, 52, were the first in line at San Francisco City Hall. The San Francisco couple said they wanted to be there in case the window of opportunity to wed was small.
Wood proposed to Hunt two days ago, and the couple got rings Wednesday night at the Stonestown Galleria. If the two get married, they plan to celebrate their honeymoon by taking a motorcycle trip to the Sierra.
"I'm trying to remain calm, but I don't want to be devastated if the stay is lifted," Hunt said.
Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker intends to rule today on whether same-sex marriage can resume. Last week, Walker invalidated Proposition 8, which was passed by voters in 2008 and bans same-sex marriage in California, but he immediately put in place a stay that froze enforcement of his ruling.
His action - expected between 9 a.m. and noon - will either lift the stay, which could enable gay and lesbian couples to get married, or to leave it in place, which would maintain the ban.
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Carpet-Munchers to the right!
Poor Pathetic Queers..They won’t be married in the eyes of anyone, but their on kind..The politicians are doing this for the votes and that includes the Judges..All of them are a laugh a minute..
There will be a grand old orgy either way, in fact, just “married” gays likely will honeymoon at the bathouses.
They look like they will fry up real fine in Hell.
Agreed and that includes hetero marriage too. License? We don't need no stinkin' license.
I think he will too. This is what you get when you blindly install people who are unfit to serve on the courts.
I consider it disheartening to see pastors of various churches on the television saying they can’t wait to marry same sex couples too. Of course the media has a list at the ready to tap into for this sort of thing.
To borrow from somebody else...
If they’re lining up, remember that happiness is belt fed.
That couple who are lined up to "get married" - what is stopping them? They bought rings, they have declared their love and fealty to each other, and if they are religious they can even take vows before God if they want and can believe that God has blessed their relationship. They can legally have a Civil Union in California that provides the exact same legal right to them that any opposite-sex couple has.
All this nonsense, because THEY WANT THAT PIECE OF PAPER that says "Marriage License." Idiots!
Which one will be riding in the "bitch seat?"
The one in front, LOL.
The judge said that religion and morals were “irrational”. But gay guys continuing to go to the “Bath Houses” after AIDS, which is still incurable, is rational.
This black-robed tyrant has already proven that he is incapable of impartial justice. He'll lift the stay.I called it!
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