Proposition 8 case over gay marriage reaches arguments

Dan82 · Jun 14, 2010

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/06/14/2820383/proposition-8-case-over-gay-marriage.html

The federal trial over California's same-sex marriage ban heads to one full day of closing arguments Wednesday, with gay couples' attorneys expressing confidence that they've made a strong case that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.

U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco will preside over the final hours of a trial that began in January with more than two weeks of dramatic testimony and presentations of evidence.

Gay plaintiffs' attorneys will try to clinch their arguments that Proposition 8 violates the federal constitutional rights of gays to equal protection and that no compelling reason exists beyond prejudice and discrimination to bar them from marriage.

Th attorneys for the proponents of Proposition 8, who include the sponsors of the ballot measure, ProtectMarriage.com, will try to seal their argument that a universal, traditional purpose of marriage is procreation and child rearing.

Because of that, Proposition 8 attorneys argued in January, voters in 2008 had a rational reason for barring gay people from marrying – even if opponents of gay marriage can't prove that same-sex marriage harms children raised by gay couples or harms heterosexual matrimony and families.

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/06/14/2820383/proposition-8-case-over-gay-marriage.html#ixzz0qrItR8Fs
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IsItSo · Jun 14, 2010

Dan82 said: ↑

Th attorneys for the proponents of Proposition 8, who include the sponsors of the ballot measure, ProtectMarriage.com, will try to seal their argument that a universal, traditional purpose of marriage is procreation and child rearing.
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So no one should be allowed to get married unless they have children? Are they going to start tracking down straight, childless couples and revoking their marriage rights? Seriously, this argument is idiotic and pathetic.

Austin · Jun 14, 2010

We know the only reason is discrimination and everyone does but too bad no one cares.

ahhthehorror · Jun 14, 2010

It sickens me that they think it's anything other than discrimination. :dry:

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