California Supreme Court voids gay marriages in San Francisco, saying mayor overstepped authority
Fucked up, sad, depressing, makes me think all kinds of negative thoughts about people. WHY are such negative political acts allowed to happen? WHY are certain politicians so hell-bent on denying people the right to be happy? Earth to the CA Supreme Court: gay people are not going to take away any of your rights by getting married...

"The California Supreme Court voided all same-sex marriages sanctioned by San Francisco this year and ruled Thursday that the city's mayor overstepped his authority by issuing licenses to gay and lesbian couples.
The court said the city violated the law when it issued the certificates, since both legislation and a voter-approved measure defined marriage as a union between a man and woman.
The justices decided with a 5-2 vote to nullify the nearly 4,000 marriages peformed between Feb. 12 and March 11, when the court halted the weddings. Their legality, Justice Joyce Kennard wrote, must wait until 'the constitutionality of California laws restricting marriages to opposite-sex couples has been authoritatively resolved through judicial proceedings.' "

California Supreme Court voids gay marriages in San Francisco, saying mayor overstepped authority
- posted by liz @ 8/12/2004 01:37:00 PM