California’s Proposition 8 Is Unconstitutional

• Hiccup wrote on 2012-02-08 07:36
  http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/federal-appeals-court-agrees-californias-proposition-8-is-unconstitutional
  
  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit just announced a historic decision affirming the August 2010 conclusion of U.S. Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown) that the amendment to the California Constitution barring marriage for same-sex couples, adopted in November 2008 as Proposition 8, violates the U.S. Constitution. In a 2-1 decision authored by Judge Reinhardt, the court agreed that Proposition 8’s only purpose in denying gay and lesbian Californians the freedom to marry was anti-gay animus, something the Constitution does not permit.
  

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  The proponents of Prop 8 are now likely to appeal this decision, either to be considered by a larger panel of the Ninth Circuit (referred to as an en banc rehearing) or for review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
  
  Following today’s decision, HRC President Joe Solmonese made the following remarks:
  
  “Today’s decision affirms what we all know to be true – our Constitution protects the basic civil rights of all Americans, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Proposition 8 does nothing to strengthen or protect any marriage. Instead, it singles out thousands of loving California families for different treatment, simply because they are gay and lesbian couples. We applaud the Ninth Circuit for recognizing that our Constitution cannot tolerate such egregious discrimination.
  
  We thank the courageous plaintiff couples, the American Foundation for Equal Rights, and attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies for their years of work leading to today’s decision. This is not the end of the road, for this case or for the larger struggle for marriage equality. We must all continue our work – in courthouses and statehouses, in church pews and living rooms – until equality is reality for LGBT people and our families everywhere.”
  
  
  
  
  WHOOOOOOO!!!!! :cheer:
• Cynic wrote on 2012-02-08 07:39
  It took them this long to figure out it was unconstitutional? lolwow.
  
  I could have told you that from the start.
• Hiccup wrote on 2012-02-08 07:40
  I know, its so crappy that things like this take forever to finally get considered unconstitutional. So many ignorant people fighting against Human Rights it's truly sad. At least it finally went through~
• paladin wrote on 2012-02-08 08:19
  Atleas the court got something done
  If this was congress
  pft
  it would never see light
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-02-08 09:56
  Catholic church's pretty big among latinos in California
  and there's the baby boomers
  
  when prop 8 was being voted, it was really close
  if they put it up again for vote, gay marriage will most likely win
  because old people die
• Maenad wrote on 2012-02-08 09:56
  Wait...
  Does this mean that they're going to make gay marriage legal everywhere?!
• Hiccup wrote on 2012-02-08 09:58

  Quote from Araria;767250:

  Wait...
  Does this mean that they're going to make gay marriage legal everywhere?!

  
  
  Washington
  New Jersey
  Maryland
  Maine
  Wisconsin
  
  All currently fighting and are close to getting equal rights for Gays.
• Maenad wrote on 2012-02-08 10:01

  Quote from Hiccup;767253:

  Washington
  New Jersey
  Maryland
  Maine
  Wisconsin
  
  All currently fighting and are close to getting equal rights for Gays.

  
  
  :(
  No Michigan.
• Hiccup wrote on 2012-02-08 10:02

  Quote from Araria;767261:

  :(
  No Michigan.

  
  
  http://www.hrc.org/states/michigan
  
  It's not going well for Michigan.
• ValkyrieHamster wrote on 2012-02-08 14:10
  I'm from california and I had to deal with all the awful prop 8 crap. Basically most of the pro prop 8 stuff going around was misinformation designed to get people to vote yes. I almost got into some fights with some 'fake' Christians about how prop 8 was totally a great idea.
  
  I spent one night going up and down a few streets having to tear down a bunch of pro prop8 signs. Sorry, the 'majority' doesn't have the right to suppress a group of people. It happened before and they were called Jim crow laws.
• Claudia wrote on 2012-02-09 01:01
  Finally, more things the government is doing right.
• Sayoko wrote on 2012-02-09 10:19

  Quote from Claudia;768072:

  Finally, [S]more things[/S] the government is doing right.

  
  
  More things? Last I checked, everything else the the US gov did recently was stupid. Aka sopa, pipa, acta, trying to convict someone who has never lived in the US, etc
• Claudia wrote on 2012-02-09 20:08
  Well, I was thinking along the lines of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, but meh...
• Elena wrote on 2012-02-09 21:51
  I had an argument with my mom the day before this proposition was voted on. I guess she really couldn't understand that it was discrimination, because she grew up in a very traditional town in Mexico.
• ValkyrieHamster wrote on 2012-02-09 23:45
  Here's what you could do, tell her voters just passed a prop that says Mexican's can't do "____"
  
  When she gets all angry and such, than you say, just kidding but see! It's just like prop8. Also if she says it wouldn't happen, look at Arizona which basically said it was ok to racial profile ANYBODY at ANYTIME if they looked not white to see if they're "legal"