Judge refuses to dismiss gay marriage ban suit
He asks lawyers to show how gay unions pose threat to traditional ones
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge challenged the backers of California's voter-enacted ban on same-sex marriage Wednesday to explain how allowing gay couples to wed threatens conventional unions, a demand that prompted their lawyer to
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Also, completely OT, but every time I see your icon I have to giggle.
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mte in regards to your icon
That is AMAZING.
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It would have made probably just as much sense.
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Oh this is going to be fantastic.
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This'll be like the Creationism trials all over again, except they'll have to try and prove their point with science(!), and it is not on their side.
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"What really is happening is the voters who passed Proposition 8 are essentially on trial in this case, and they continue to be accused of being irrational and bigoted for restoring the traditional definition of marriage," he said.
Well good, I'm glad we're all clear on that.
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Funny, I don't remember Prop 8 rescinding women's rights and reinstating dowries.
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... okay! *eyeroll*
I love that this judge is making him prove it. Because, you know, it's a courtroom. Maybe somebody should tell these lawyers that's what they're supposed to DO there.
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Okay?
AFAIC, there's not enough of that in court!
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