Exactly what is Walker's Prop 8 ruling?

Question

Do you think he made it legal for gays to get married? Yes he did. But in his same ruling he made it legal for any two adult single people to get married. What - you say?

His ruling did not address gays, his ruling was only to remove the definition of Prop8 which was defined as a man and a women. By removing that definition, he legalized gay marriage. With me so far? Good. ------> BUT.......

By removing the inferred restriction so gays can now get married, his ruling also allows a single parent to marry one their single adult kids. Or two adult siblings can also now get married. Or a unmarried grandparent can now marry of their unmarried adult grand kids.
-----> May sound stupid to some and sick to others, but look exactly at what Walker did by his ruling.

Look at the specific wording of his ruling. I did and his ruling removed and banned Prop 8 language as man and a woman, so same sex couples can now get married. But as he removed the one and only restriction, he left "no" restrictions.

Do you have a sister, brother or any other relative same sex or not, you'd like to marry? If you're both of adult age and single - Walker has made it legal in California.

Answer 1

thats a good point.

Answer 2

Since you have pretty much already answered your own question, no reply is technically needed.



You read all 137 pages? Good for you. You're wrong.



Proposition 8 was passed by the voters and added to the existing marriage laws of the State of California. The existing marriage laws of the State of California, as of August 4, 2010, included the ban on same-sex marriage.



By ruling the ban unconstitutional and of no force or effect, the Judge "changed" the existing marriage laws by removing that portion of it.



The rest of California's marriage statutes remain "unchanged", e.g. consanguinity and age restrictions, residency requirements, licensing, etc.

Answer 3

And you believe NOTHING regulates marriage but prop 8?



Come on; get real! There is a huge body of law that prevents what you speak of and his ruling did not apply to any of it.



Such fear tactics are winning friends and influencing people.



But they are not friends to you.

Answer 4

I don't care..I'm not about to marry my bro or cousin or my daughter when she comes of age..if someone else wants to do that, it's their thing..people who are banned from getting married are probably f*ckin' anyway..what's the big deal if they want to bind themselves to one another?

Answer 5

The bottom line is we must never use our electoral system to marginalize and disenfranchise people. It sets a precedence that could one day come back to haunt us all.

Answer 6

I'm conservative and even I find this pathetic.