Tag: "Proposition 8"

Scalia: SCOTUS Decision Declares Marriage Supporters ‘Enemies of the Human Race’
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Scalia: SCOTUS Decision Declares Marriage Supporters ‘Enemies of the Human Race’

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In a scathing dissenting opinion released yesterday, Justice Antonin Scalia lambasted his fellow Supreme Court Justices for striking down a critical part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and predicted that it will only be a matter of time before the court finds a Constitutional right to gay “marriage.” Scalia labeled Wednesday’s decision “jaw-dropping,” […]

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The Reversal of Proposition 8: A Dangerous Precedent

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has acted to reverse the democratic decision of the people of California to confine marriage to its traditional parameters of a man and a woman. In making this decision, the court decided that it could overturn the will of the people of California on the basis of what is […]

If The Judge Ain’t Straight You Must Vacate
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If The Judge Ain’t Straight You Must Vacate

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Proposition 8 is an amendment to California’s State Constitution. It was passed by a comfortable margin via ballot initiative in 2008. Prop 8 maintained the age-old definition of marriage in the Golden State as requiring binary male-female compatibility. It remains tied-up in Federal Court today.   Back in February of 2010 it became rumored that retired […]