CA Prop 8 Ruled Unconstitutional

[Baptist]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/04/calif-gay-marriage-case/

A federal judge has struck down Proposition 8 on constitutional grounds, giving supporters of same-sex marriage a victory that will last at least until an appellate court’s near-certain review.

Even before the ruling, attorneys on both sides said they would immediately appeal a loss to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and eventually to the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

[Brian Defferding]

This warms my Libertarian heart.

 

[dannno]

Get marriage out of the government, yes....

But in the mean time, provide it equally.

 

[Baptist]

This warms my Libertarian heart.

I just wish both sides would wake up and realize that everyone wins if you get the state out of licensing marriages at all.

 

[Brian Defferding]

I just wish both sides would wake up and realize that everyone wins if you get the state out of licensing marriages at all.

I completely agree with you.

 

[Kregisen]

I just wish both sides would wake up and realize that everyone wins if you get the state out of licensing marriages at all.

+1

 

[libertybrewcity]

this is good for liberty.

 

[charrob]

they really ought to go the extra step and allow any two people who want to get a civil union to get one.

i remember reading Washington State wanted to have this because there are alot of elderly people there who live with their elderly sister, brother, etc. and whose spouses have already passed. But Sarah Palin opened her big trap about it and made a fuss and the state ended up voting against it.

since the civil union part of marriage has more to do with gov't benefits than anything else, why should marrieds be the only ones who benefit from this?

 

[healthpellets]

so at what point do the citizens of a state actually get to decide how bigoted their state is?

 

[Rael]

This is gay.

 

[Rael]

Seriously though, the headline should read "Gays Given Right To Marry and Be Miserable Just Like Heterosexuals"

Why ANYONE would want to be involved in a state approved marriage is beyond me.

 

[00_Pete]

Where i live, 6 months ago, [gay] marriage was legalized...only 3 [homosexuals] married until now...

They are a bunch of facist angry children that just want to occupy territory and ultimatly, completly control the society just like they did in Greece, Rome and Germany.

And shouldnt they get their own thing? Why dont they get their own thing?

The Modal-libertarians and the Orwellian Commies have a lot in common i see...

 

[Humanae Libertas]

I don't like gay marriage. I think its gross, but it's not my say in to tell people what to do.

Frankly, I'd much rather see marriage privatized again.

 

[dannno]

They are a bunch of facist angry children that just want to occupy territory and ultimatly, completly control the society just like they did in Greece, Rome and Germany.

No, I think most of them are individuals who wish to be treated equally by the government.

 

[ChaosControl]

they really ought to go the extra step and allow any two people who want to get a civil union to get one.

Why two? I don't see any reason we should limit the number of consenting individuals who can sign a contractual union with one another. I think any combination of individuals able to consent should be able to have a "civil union".

 

[furface]

9th Circuit Northern CA district? Is anybody really surprised? If the US Supreme Court mandates that States have to recognize gay marriage, there's going to be a revolution in the US. So I guess we should all hope that happens. What will likely happen is that the Supreme Court will issue one of their rare rulings in favor of State Rights.


The Equal Protection argument will be shot down in a flash. CA's prop 13 is completely unfair and unequal, yet it was upheld in the Supreme Court.

 

[ChaosControl]

If the US Supreme Court mandates that States have to recognize gay marriage, there's going to be a revolution in the US.

No, there wont be. The only way people will revolt is if they are starving. No one revolts by the government allowing an activity.

 

[Bman]

They are a bunch of facist angry children that just want to occupy territory and ultimatly, completly control the society just like they did in Greece, Rome and Germany.

I take it you don't know any gay people, or at least any who have told you they are gay.

And shouldnt they get their own thing? Why dont they get their own thing?

Because gubberment is involved in the first place.

 

[furface]

No, there wont be. The only way people will revolt is if they are starving. No one revolts by the government allowing an activity.

Look at the Iranian revolution when they threw the Shah out. Nobody was starving. That was completely ideological. Similar for the first American Revolution. It was basically about taxes and self-determination. I think it could happen again, and something as emotionally charged as gay marriage could pull the trigger.

 

[WaltM]

so what now, bankrupted state full of illegal immigrants and pot smokers? Vote again?