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9th Circuit won't review Prop. 8 decision

Hearing before US Supreme Court uncertain

By DOUG SHERWIN, The Daily Transcript

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

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Now that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to rehear its Proposition 8 decision in front of a full panel of its judges, many people assume the case is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Gene Roman 5:25pm June 6, 2012

This case pits federal law directly against California so I find it hard to believe that the US Supreme Court would decline to hear the case. Furthermore, the narrow decision issued by the Ninth Circuit is sophistry. The "right to marry" that was allegedly taken away never really existed. The voters in California defined marriage the same way in Prop 122 and in Prop 8. There was little respect shown for voters when the Court granted the right to marry to same sex couples. The Court should have delayed implementation of its decision until the November vote took place. Now, the Ninth Circuit claims that a right was taken away when in fact Prop 8 overruled the Court. Those who were "married" during the interim continue to enjoy that status in California. Do you really think that the voters did not know what they were doing when they passed Prop 122 and that they violated their own Constitution? Honestly, these arguments are pure sophistry.

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