California Supreme Court Agrees To Decide Constitutionality of Prop. 8

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1. • beltwaybuzz

   Great news.

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   1. • MannyFanny

      @beltwaybuzz I agree. How hate can be constitutional is beyond me.

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2. • onreact.com

   Do those who already have married have to divorce?

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   1. • beltwaybuzz

      @onreact.com From what I understand, yes....It retroactively cancels all marriage licenses given to same-sex couples.

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   2. • calinazaret

      @onreact.com

      their marriages are not being recognized currently. So no, they don't have to divorce because they were never married, according to the way things are not. If the Cali supreme court overturns prop 8, then their marriages will be recognized once again.

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3. • calinazaret

   This is the key phrase:

   "The measure represents such a sweeping change that it constitutes a constitutional revision as opposed to an amendment, the documents say. The distinction would have required the ban's backers to obtain approval from two-thirds of both houses of the California Legislature before submitting it to voters."

   Even though the gay marriage ban is one one of two lines of text, it represents a HUGE changed for the California constitution. Even the yes on 8ers agree to that, in fact, that's what they built their whole campaign on. They said over and over that allowing gay marriage "re-defines marriage" and will changed everything in California. But such a huge, sweeping change calls for 2/3 of votes, and they only got 52%. The measure should never have passed in the first place.

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   1. • katharinec

      @calinazaret well put

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