California’s High Court Denies Petition To Reinstate Same-Sex Marriage Ban

[Newsjock]

Source: CBS San Francisco

The California Supreme Court turned down a petition Wednesday in which the sponsors of Proposition 8 sought to have the ban on same-sex marriage put back into effect in most of the state.

The court, in an order issued in San Francisco, declined to grant a hearing on the petition, which was filed July 12. The court made no comment in the order, which was signed by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye.

Wednesday’s court action appears to bring an end to pending litigation seeking to stop gay and lesbian weddings in the state, at least for the time being.

Read more: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/08/14/californias-high-court-denies-petition-to-reinstate-same-sex-marriage-ban/

[KamaAina]

1. Again?!

This is getting to be like the repuke House voting to repeal Obamacare 40 times.

[wryter2000]

2. The haters have to stop

It's over. Get a life. Move on. Sheesh.

[Initech]

10. What's the definition of insanity again?

The haters are going full stop against Obamacare, and gay marriage, and the more they open their ugly mouths, the more the lose. I say keep it up!

[William769]

3. It would appear so.

Just waiting tho for the next excuse to try to tie up the courts with this issue.

[Iliyah]

4. And they are NOT giving up, seriously.

These nut cases truly believe that GAWD commands them to continue.

[iandhr]

5. I feel sorry for the backers of prop 8.

To carry that much hate must take a lot of energy.

[warrant46]

7. Hateful fundy nut-jobs

[awoke_in_2003]

6. Reccing for exposure...

to the sponsors of Prop 8- get over it and go fuck yourselves.

[Zorra]

8. K&R

[ConcernedCanuk]

9. Of all the states in the USA, efforts to stop gay and lesbian weddings in CA is idiocy.

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I lived there, CA for over a year.

Has to be one of, if not the most liberal State in the USA.

I'm not talking politics,

I'm talking about accepting other people's lifestyles.

"Live, and Let Live."

CC

[Initech]

11. I've lived in southern California my whole life.

The idiocy surrounding gay marriage never ceases to amaze me. With each election cycle the fundiegelicals here get crazier and crazier, and the crazier they get, the more outnumbered they get. I remember at the height of Prop (h)8 there were signs like every 5 feet down the main stretch of highway where I live. It just never ends.

[theHandpuppet]

12. Give it up, bigots!

The Dark Ages are over. You lost.

[Swede Atlanta]

13. What part of the Supreme Court decision do these people not get?

The Supreme Court has ruled that the proponents of Prop 8 lacked standing to defend Prop 8.

In essence the Court held that the only parties with standing to defend Prop 8 were the competent governmental authorities in California such as the AG of California. Since they refused to defend the law, a decision by a U.S. District Court that held the constitutional amendment violated equal protection under the U.S. Constitution, was left standing.

This holding, in my opinion, creates an almost but certain outcome - state laws and constitutional amendments prohibiting same-gender marriage are unconstitutional.

It will take the right challenges, potentially in various Circuits, to validate this belief but I think the Court, while divided, quietly signaled that prohibitions on same-gender marriage were not consistent with the U.S. Constitution.

But remember that in the Anglo court system, the Court only considers the issue presented to it. So the Court was asked about the California case. It ruled on that case and the rest is for the appropriate broader case to be raised to invalidate legalized hatred of LGBT persons.

[Mr.Bill]

14. These idiots will never give up.

I guarantee you will see it on the ballot again. And again.

[bunnies]

15. Good. I hope they throw away billions...

making jackasses out of themselves.

[Mr.Bill]

16. Hey, it's just the money Romney gives to the Mormon Church.

You know, those "charity" donations he makes. The Mormons, for those not familiar with California politics, largely funded Prop 8.

[bunnies]

17. Even better.

[RKP5637]

18. These F'en people are such a bunch of losers in life. They need to go find

some others to persecute so they can hang a badge on themselves rewarded for hatred of humanity, straight out of hell.

[LiberalFighter]

19. There should be a law

that prohibits stupid religious fanatical hetereosexuals from marrying non-hetereosexuals.

[idwiyo]

20. K&R Do those morans realy expect to get a different outcome? I hope it cost them a lot of money.

[Le Taz Hot]

21. No!

[Jenny_92808]

22. I lived in So. Cal. at the time prop 8 passed and...

I could hardly believe the constant h8 and lies that saturated the air waves. Thankfully that h8ful thing is gone. I feel good knowing that the h8r's are reducing in numbers every year. After reading this thread, it made me think of Prop 8 the musical (w/Jack Black)...I just went to youtube to watch it again (great video).