California Gay Partner Law Upheld - Democratic Underground

davidinalameda

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Mon Apr-04-05 06:28 PM
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California Gay Partner Law Upheld

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/04/040405calPartner.htm

California's sweeping domestic partner law was upheld today by a panel of judges on the state Appeals Court.

Two conservative groups opposing the law, which went into effect in January, sought to have it declared unconstitutional because it gave same-sex couples the most of the rights of marriage.

The appeals court said, "Contrary to petitioners' suggestion, the Legislature has not created a 'marriage' by another name or granted domestic partners a status equivalent to married spouses.''

and this could be used to throw out any challenges to legalizing same sex marriage in California!

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LostinVA

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Mon Apr-04-05 06:29 PM
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1. Yay!

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Lone_Star_Dem

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Mon Apr-04-05 06:33 PM
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2. Great news!

I hope it's just a beginning.

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Cha

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Mon Apr-04-05 06:35 PM
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3. Good! Equal rights

win~!

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hippiechick

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Mon Apr-04-05 06:37 PM
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4. Marvelous !

Let's hope this is used as a precedent nationwide to tell the fundies to STFU on their everything-phobic agenda already !!

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beam me up scottie

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Mon Apr-04-05 06:37 PM
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5. They don't want you to be able to get married

but yet they don't want you to have domestic partner benefits...
:mad:

Did love this part though:
"On the weekend, a rally in Bakersfield to promote amending the California constitution to bar same-sex marriage fizzled out with gay marriage supporters outnumbering demonstrators two to one.

The rally had been called by Sen. Roy Ashburn, R-Bakersfield, as part of his "Traditional Family Values" campaign. But, as he tried to address supporters he was drowned out by about 50 gay activists with bullhorns."

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obxhead

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Mon Apr-04-05 06:51 PM
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6. They can't fight gays, lesbians

Iraqi's, tax increases and social security all at once can they?

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davidinalameda

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Tue Apr-05-05 09:50 AM
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8. since Iraq a losing proposition;

social security will never get off the ground; it's not an election year so they don't need to do any posturing about taxes, gays and lesbians are left

we're easy to fight--all they have to say is same sex marriage and dog fucking in the same sentence and it sends people into a tizzy

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Maat

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Mon Apr-04-05 09:37 PM
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7. This California PFLAGer says this is good news!

I like 'monitoring' the rightwing websites, and 'agapepress.org' had a piece on this - glorifying the rightwing lawyer who was behind this. Made you sick.

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