Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger was joined in the move by the attorney general and San Francisco city
Schwarzenegger calls for same-sex weddings to resume
California’s governor and attorney general have asked a US federal judge to allow same-sex couples to wed pending an appeal against his rejection of the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
Backers of the ban had asked for a delay while the appeal was considered.
The judge ruled that the ban, known as Proposition 8, was unconstitutional.
“The public interest is best served by… restoring the right of same-sex couples to marry in California,” wrote a lawyer for Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“Doing so is consistent with California’s long history of treating all people and their relationships with equal dignity and respect,” the lawyer wrote in a court filing on Friday.
Attorney General Jerry Brown, who is running for governor, filed a separate motion.
A lawyer for the city of San Francisco, which also joined the legal effort, said those supporting the ban had failed to show they would “suffer irreparable injury – or any injury at all” if gays were allowed to marry right away.
US District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled on Wednesday that California’s marriage ban violated equal protection guarantees of the US Constitution.
The ban was passed in a ballot referendum by a vote of 52% to 48% in 2008.
But the ruling did not immediately take effect because backers of the ban requested a stay of the judgement pending their appeal against it.
In their request for a stay, ban proponents argued that legal chaos would ensue if same-sex couples were allowed to marry but the ban were eventually upheld by a higher court.
I was thinking about my comments last night on Steven Weber’s post, thinking about this subject.
I realized that I had probably come across as insensitive and ignorant about some of the truly desparate situations concerning this issue. I thought about my own experience.
I was a teenager and unmarried when I got pregnant. And I was terrified. My daughter’s father, being young himself was not very receptive to the idea of becoming a father. He wanted me to get an abortion.
Not only was I looking at the most terrifying personal dilemma ever in my life (that only a woman can fully understand) I had realized that he (the father) had lied to me.. clearly, he didn’t truly love me like he claimed he did… I was alone. I became even more terrified. Even then, as a teenager I knew abortion was out of the question. But, in order to receive some kind of desparately needed immediate emotional comfort, I pretended to agree.
The next day when it was officially confirmed that I was pregnant, my daughter’s father came thru and did the right thing. WE did the right thing. His Christian upbringing, I’m sure, had a lot to do with his decision. I know I was one of the “lucky” ones. I realized that again last night. I thought, what if he hadn’t “come thru”? I’m sure I would have continued living with my parents and raised my daughter on my own. But, what if my parents were not supportive, what if I hadn’t had that option either? I do understand COMPLETELY that with each step it gets harder and harder to resist the quick and “easy” way out. But, there is help, there are programs and church organizations, there ARE OTHER OPTIONS. It may not be easy, it may be a scary and lonely road to go down but it IS the best choice.. it IS the right thing to do for EVERYONE. Read the rest of this entry »
Well, the liberals ON ADKOB are going to say… “here we go again”…
Yep… liberalism certainly gives me a lot to gripe about. Right now, I’m going to gripe about the capital of progressive liberalism… Hollywood.
I’ve watched the movie “Doubt”, with Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, several times and I now know that my first impression was correct. This movie promotes Hollywood’s ultra liberalistic movement to stifle (or completely wipe out ) Christian values. And it’s frustrating because of the great amount of influence Hollywood has. I believe, unfortunately, they will ultimately win and their views will reign in main stream society, if they don’t already.
The reason I say that I “now know” that my first impression of the movie is correct is because, on the surface, the movie seems to be very ambiguous. Even to the end, we can’t truly be sure who the protagonist is and who is the antagonist. But really, one could know this just by learning of the major components…. a staunch, hard lined, by the “Book” Catholic (CHRISTIAN) Nun, a Priest who wants to “modernize” or “LIBERALIZE” the church, and Hollywood. And to be more descriptive… a Nun who holds on to traditional Christian values and a Priest who believes that “love” is the most important thing above all, but… oh yeah, this kind of “love” just happens to express itself sometimes through sexual contact with a 12 year old boy. Read the rest of this entry »
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THANK YOU PAT TILLMAN
MY KHRISTIAN KOUNTRY KILLED YOU,
IT IS MY HONOR AND DUTY TO KEEP THE TRUTH ALIVE.
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