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The legal team behind Proposition 8, California’s gay marriage ban, on Saturday filed an emergency motion asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block a flurry of weddings that began weeks before many thought possible because of a surprising federal appeals court ruling.
Lawyers with the Arizona-based Alliance Defending Freedom claim in a petition that 9th Circuit Court of Appeals acted too early and and unfairly when it let same-sex marriage resume in California on Friday.
Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Austin Nimocks wrote that the Supreme Court's consideration of the case is not over because his clients still have 22 days to ask the justices to reconsider their decision, saying that Proposition 8's backers did not have legal authority to defend the ban.
The haters keep looking more and more ridiculous! Their true colors have been obvious to many if us for ages, but their actions of late are revealing the truth even to many who were duped by then. The morons lose support, while the enlightened continue to grow in numbers.
Didn't the people of California vote they didn't want gay marriage to be legal ?
California is predominately Democratic and Liberal.
Why did they vote like this ?
The people don't have the authority to vote against people's civil rights. And it wasn't the Democratic/liberal side that voted against it. It was the large conservative population with heavy brainwashing from the Mormon and black churches that pushed Prop 8.
laws are not enacted by the supreme court.. they are upheld or struck down as they apply to the constitution...with regards to common law
if "the people" or "legislators" enact a law that goes against the constitution.. it can be struck down making the law null an void...
I always have to wonder when I hear these conservatives saying.. "these judges are legislating from the bench" I wonder if they even understand how the separate branches of government actually work...
the supreme court did not make gay marriage the law of the land... they only struck down the laws barring it from being the law of the land...
It is dead on arrival. First of all it goes to Kennedy who authored the opinion. And most importantly, the District court clearly has the authority to vacate its own stays. There is no requirement that they wait the customary 25 days for appeal. There is just nothing of substance here. The battle is over in California. Marry on! It's on to Oregon and New Mexico now.
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