{"id":6061,"date":"2008-11-19T22:14:42","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T22:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/11\/the-california-supreme-court-w.html"},"modified":"2008-11-19T22:14:42","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T22:14:42","slug":"the-california-supreme-court-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/11\/the-california-supreme-court-w.html","title":{"rendered":"The California Supreme Court will take up Prop. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

The court will take up the case of whether the ban was constitutional <\/a>and will also take up the question of the legality of the 18,000 same sex marriages already performed but they refused to suspend the ban:<\/p>\n

Responding to pleas for legal clarity from those on both sides of the issue, the California Supreme Court said Wednesday that it would take up the case of whether a voter-approved ban on same-sex unions was constitutional.
\nThe court, however, stopped short of suspending the ban, which California voters passed as Proposition 8 two weeks ago after an expensive and hard-fought campaign.
\nThe proposition, which overturned a May decision of the California Supreme Court that legalized same-sex marriage, has been challenged by a number of cities and civil rights groups, which say it is a substantial revision of the state’s Constitution, and therefore requires legislative approval.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Given the actions of the gay protesters recently, I would hate to be these judges if they ruled in favor of the measure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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