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I'm guessing it will be upheld, although my understanding of the law suggests that it shouldn't be.

Last edited by bratboy (2009-05-26 11:43 am)

The amendment was upheld. Marriages that took place before the amendment was passed will be recognized by the state.

I guess this means that there will have to be another amendment to repeal this one in the future? I agree that this is a generational thing and in a few years there will be less opposition to same-sex marriage.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c … 509D99.DTL

Tallgeese wrote:

Well, at least I get to rub this in the faces of all the Californians who like to pretend they're more progressive and enlightened than the troglodyte Midwesterners.

Californians are, as a group, pretty damn stupid

Not surprised by the decision, but it's still very smurfed up.

Tallgeese wrote:

Well, at least I get to rub this in the faces of all the Californians who like to pretend they're more progressive and enlightened than the troglodyte Midwesterners.

Naw, it's the urban sophisticates that think that they're more progressive.

I'm a bit disappointed. But the only recognition that really matters is at the federal level. The current administration appears to be every bit as smurf as the Clinton administration when it comes to LBGT issues, so I'm not holding my breath. It just sickens me that I'm currently in a country that is a religious state and I would be treated more equally under the law here than I would be in the US.

I'm on holiday in the holy land...

JakeTheTall wrote:

perhaps robco is visiting...Israel ?

Yeup.

It's murky right now. The supreme court ruled that while same-sex couples cannot be married here (the Chief Rabbinate still has control), Israel should recognize marriages performed elsewhere. So Israeli same-sex couples can be married in Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Canada, etc. and return to Israel and have their marriage recognized. It's a grey area since technically civil marriage doesn't exist here, but couples have what is essentially common law marriage and most of the rights of married couples. I have yet to see a single Democrat submit a civil unions bill to Congress.

I was also speaking more broadly outside marriage. The IDF allows homosexuals to serve openly. Employment discrimination is prohibited on a national level, and adoption rights are also protected. So yeah, Israel certainly isn't perfect, but on a national level I would be treated more equal under the law than I am back in the US - which is supposed to be a secular democracy.

Last edited by robco (2009-05-26 3:47 pm)

ShnickyShnack wrote:

I still get to pretend I'm more progressive, though, right?

Hmm...

i know it's cool and hip to bash ron paul, but the only true path to freedom is to get government out of our lives. (no...not anarchy)

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=84

NokX wrote:

i know it's cool and hip to bash ron paul, but the only true path to freedom is to get government out of our lives. (no...not anarchy)

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=84

Oh come on now, it is sooooo much more "cool and hip" to praise and support Ron Paul.  By a long shot.