Trial Judge Orders Prop 8 Case Closed

[maddezmom]

Last edited Mon Aug 27, 2012, 05:52 PM - Edit history (3)

Source: BuzzFeed

Judge James Ware issues an order under which same-sex couples will be allowed to marry in California — but the Supreme Court needs to decide whether it will hear an appeal of the case before the order will go into effect.[UPDATED]

The trial court judge in California who has taken over hearing the federal court case challenging Proposition 8, the state's amendment limiting marriages to one man and one woman, ordered the case closed today — which would allow same-sex couples to marry in California. The couples, however, will have to wait on the Supreme Court to be able to marry.

A stay of the case by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals pending the Supreme Court's determination of whether it takes the case means that a "mandate" will not issue allowing Ware's order today to go into effect.
The order comes despite the fact that proponents of Proposition 8 have requested the Supreme Court to review the case because, Judge James Ware wrote today, all requests to stay the judgment in the case have been denied.

Correction: A stay, or hold, of the case pending the Supreme Court's decision was granted by the Ninth Circuit, contrary to what was reported in an earlier version of this story.


Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/breaking-trial-judge-orders-prop-8-case-closed#HTWF2

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updated the link.

[bluestateguy]

1. Hmm

I don't celebrate until I see two men or two women walking down the aisle in a valid legally recognized marriage.

[AntiFascist]

2. According to Olson and Boies...

this is just "housekeeping", according to their FB page? The court would have to issue a mandate to reinstate gay marriage, and this would be pending a Supreme Court decision to take the case.

[xxqqqzme]

4. so close and yet so far.....

Too bad it isn't on the ballot again in November.

[AntiFascist]

6. The Supreme Court may decide that this is too hot to handle...

and that the decision is best left up to the state and the court decisions already made.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

3. Correction update at link

Correction: A stay, or hold, of the case pending the Supreme Court's decision was granted by the Ninth Circuit, contrary to what was reported in an earlier version of this story.

I have the correction above, it shows here, but not in my original post??? Why is that?

[TrogL]

5. Your original post is a copy and paste. It does not update automatically

[SoapBox]

7. ...don't ever let folks forget how involved

the Mormon Cult was.

Just like the "smoking man" in the shadows, they were working hard (and spent big money) against Americans.

[defacto7]

8. Positively the fact.

If there is a shadow, there's a Mormon lawyer. If there's a spotlight, there's a patsy with a Mormon lawyer behind him.