Sliding down on a crazy carpet ([info]ladylakira) wrote,
@ 2009-05-26 16:51:00
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Prop 8 upheld in California
For an interesting and in-depth interpretation of exactly what the California Supreme Court's majority decision means, take a look at this post by [info]jimkeller. The short? Prop 8 sets a precedent where rights can be taken away by a majority vote.

Update: And here, an interesting interpretation that is more optimistic. In short, if this interpretation is true, Prop 8 has been whittled down to mean that it takes away the term marriage but does not take away the right for same-sex couples to enter into a familial relationship which in all ways but name resemble a marriage. Keep in mind that all it says is that Prop 8 does not expressly forbid such marriages-but-not-called-that - it just says that Prop 8 doesn't completely modify the previous decision that banning gay marriages is unconstitutional. Of course, what this marriage-but-not-called-that is isn't discussed.




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[info]ladylakira
2009-05-27 05:39 pm UTC (link)
Gay marriage is accepted so long as it occurred before Prop 8 was voted in. The decision implies that quigglies would be okay, but as yet, there are no quigglies. There are only things like marriage but which aren't, quite. To take advantage of the quigglies loophole, there would have to be a movement to create quigglies, which is sort of a step backwards and useless legal baggage.

Mind you, if marriages were all renamed quigglies, I'd get quiggled tomorrow. Heh. Quiggled.

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