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Same-Sex Couple Tries To Marry, Turned Away
kcra.com, 5/11/2008
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- James Eslick and Jake Rowe tried to get married Wednesday morning in Sacramento, but they were turned away by county officials in the wake of the passage of Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage.
Sacramento County, acting on the advice of an attorney, joined several other counties around the state that have stopped issuing same-sex marriage licenses.
Other counties that have stopped issuing such licenses include Yolo, Sonoma, San Diego, San Bernardino and Tuolumne.
In backing Proposition 8 on Tuesday, California voters supported a constitutional amendment overturning a state Supreme Court decision that gave gay couples the right to wed just months ago.
Attorney General Jerry Brown said Wednesday that same-sex marriges performed up until Tuesday are valid and he will defend them. But he added that any such marriages performed Wednesday or later are not valid because Proposition 8 is in effect.
The Associated Press called the Proposition 8 race about about 9:30 a.m., but even after that some counties were still issuing same-sex licenses. Sacramento County issued a couple licenses early in the day before stopping by late morning.
Eslick and Rowe planned to wed in October 2009, but rushed to the county clerk-recorder's office Wednesday after learning about the results of Proposition 8.
They filled out the necessary paperwork, but a clerk came out just minutes before their ceremony and told them they were too late.
"It's kind of heartbreaking," Rowe said. "You know, ultimately all we can say is we should have come and done it before, but I guess the point is we still love each other. We'll still have our ceremony next fall, and although we don't have that piece of paper, someday we will have it."
Wanda Dark, assistant clerk-recorder, confirmed that Sacramento County will no longer offer same-sex marriage licenses and will stop offering ceremonies.
With 98.3 percent of precincts reporting, Proposition 8 was passing 52.4 percent to 47.6 percent. The final results have yet to be certified by the state Secretary by State Debra Bowen.
Some provisional and absentee ballots remained to be tallied, but based on trends and the locations of the votes still outstanding, the margin of support in favor of the initiative was secure.
Proposition 8 overturns the California Supreme Court decision that overturned the 2000 ban and legalized same-sex marriage in the state in mid-June. Since then, an estimated 18,000 gay and lesbian couples, many of them from other states, have been married. The passage of Proposition 8 has left those marriages in legal limbo.
Meanwhile, Lambda Legal Foundation has already filed a petition with the state Supreme Court in an effort to invalidate Proposition 8.
The passage of Prop. 8 represents a crushing political defeat for gay rights activists, who had hoped public opinion on the contentious issue had shifted enough since the state overwhelmingly passed an earlier gay marriage ban in 2000 to help them defeat the measure.
"We pick ourselves up and trudge on," Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, said early Wednesday when it appeared the measure was headed for passage. "There has been enormous movement in favor of full equality in eight short years. That is the direction this is heading, and if it's not today or it's not tomorrow, it will be soon."
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, an opponent of Prop. 8, lamented the loss of the right of same-sex couples to marry.
"We have now done something that no other state has ever done, certainly in my lifetime, and that's to amend a constitution to strip rights away from people," Newsom said. "And now tens of thousands of human beings in our state ... now have had their lives uprooted."
Same-Sex Couple Tries To Marry, Turned Away
kcra.com, 5/11/2008
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- James Eslick and Jake Rowe tried to get married Wednesday morning in Sacramento, but they were turned away by county officials in the wake of the passage of Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage.
Sacramento County, acting on the advice of an attorney, joined several other counties around the state that have stopped issuing same-sex marriage licenses.
Other counties that have stopped issuing such licenses include Yolo, Sonoma, San Diego, San Bernardino and Tuolumne.
In backing Proposition 8 on Tuesday, California voters supported a constitutional amendment overturning a state Supreme Court decision that gave gay couples the right to wed just months ago.
Attorney General Jerry Brown said Wednesday that same-sex marriges performed up until Tuesday are valid and he will defend them. But he added that any such marriages performed Wednesday or later are not valid because Proposition 8 is in effect.
The Associated Press called the Proposition 8 race about about 9:30 a.m., but even after that some counties were still issuing same-sex licenses. Sacramento County issued a couple licenses early in the day before stopping by late morning.
Eslick and Rowe planned to wed in October 2009, but rushed to the county clerk-recorder's office Wednesday after learning about the results of Proposition 8.
They filled out the necessary paperwork, but a clerk came out just minutes before their ceremony and told them they were too late.
"It's kind of heartbreaking," Rowe said. "You know, ultimately all we can say is we should have come and done it before, but I guess the point is we still love each other. We'll still have our ceremony next fall, and although we don't have that piece of paper, someday we will have it."
Wanda Dark, assistant clerk-recorder, confirmed that Sacramento County will no longer offer same-sex marriage licenses and will stop offering ceremonies.
With 98.3 percent of precincts reporting, Proposition 8 was passing 52.4 percent to 47.6 percent. The final results have yet to be certified by the state Secretary by State Debra Bowen.
Some provisional and absentee ballots remained to be tallied, but based on trends and the locations of the votes still outstanding, the margin of support in favor of the initiative was secure.
Proposition 8 overturns the California Supreme Court decision that overturned the 2000 ban and legalized same-sex marriage in the state in mid-June. Since then, an estimated 18,000 gay and lesbian couples, many of them from other states, have been married. The passage of Proposition 8 has left those marriages in legal limbo.
Meanwhile, Lambda Legal Foundation has already filed a petition with the state Supreme Court in an effort to invalidate Proposition 8.
The passage of Prop. 8 represents a crushing political defeat for gay rights activists, who had hoped public opinion on the contentious issue had shifted enough since the state overwhelmingly passed an earlier gay marriage ban in 2000 to help them defeat the measure.
"We pick ourselves up and trudge on," Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, said early Wednesday when it appeared the measure was headed for passage. "There has been enormous movement in favor of full equality in eight short years. That is the direction this is heading, and if it's not today or it's not tomorrow, it will be soon."
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, an opponent of Prop. 8, lamented the loss of the right of same-sex couples to marry.
"We have now done something that no other state has ever done, certainly in my lifetime, and that's to amend a constitution to strip rights away from people," Newsom said. "And now tens of thousands of human beings in our state ... now have had their lives uprooted."
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Same-sex marriage issue heading back to state Supreme Court
San Francisco Chronicle, 5/11/2008
SAN FRANCISCO -- A day after California voters approved a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, the incendiary issue returned to the state Supreme Court, where gay and lesbian couples and the city of San Francisco filed lawsuits Wednesday seeking to overturn Proposition 8.
San Francisco Chronicle, 5/11/2008
SAN FRANCISCO -- A day after California voters approved a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, the incendiary issue returned to the state Supreme Court, where gay and lesbian couples and the city of San Francisco filed lawsuits Wednesday seeking to overturn Proposition 8.
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Proposition 8 Protest Rally & Street Closures
Wednesday, November 5th
As deeply disappointed as we all are that California voters passed Proposition 8, we must not allow that disappointment to linger. This vote is a temporary defeat in the long march toward equal rights for all citizens in America.
Please join me for a protest rally tonight at 7 pm on San Vicente Blvd between West Hollywood Park and the Pacific Design Center (647 N. San Vicente Blvd. West Hollywood CA 90069) as we move forward towards restoring equality for all in California.
San Vicente Blvd, between Santa Monica Blvd and Melrose Avenue will be closed tonight starting at 6 pm. San Vicente south-bound traffic will be directed to make left or right at Santa Monica Blvd. Signs have already been posted to help divert traffic.
Το Rougly Drafted είναι blog που ασχολείται και αναλύει ―κατά τη γνώμη μου με μεγάλη οξυδέρκεια― τα της Silicon Valley· κατ' εξαίρεση έχει αναρτήσει μια ενδιαφέρουσα ανάλυση/αναδρομή για την Prop 8 και την φονταμενταλιστική χριστιανίζουσα (όπως την έχει ονομάσει ο Andrew Sullivan) αμερικανική ακροδεξιά:
What Prop 8 means to America
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Californians voted to give factory farmed pigs and chickens new rights under Prop 2 but voted to take rights away from its gay citizens with Prop 8. How was it that one of the bluest states in the Union turned against its progressive values and voted to write discrimination into the state constitution?
The simple answer: a hard hitting ad campaign costing over $70 million that pretended the measure was about “protecting families” rather than being a religious assault on minority rights. In reality, Prop 8 was the last hurrah for a group seeking to push its influence before losing its access to the Presidency that had granted it legitimacy over the last eight years.
Proponents of Prop 8 were angry that the state’s Attorney General changed the bill from the cheerily named “California Marriage Protection Act” to the more accurate title “Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry.” They were upset because the bill wasn’t designed to create controversy; it was intended to silently rob citizens of their existing rights in an effort by blindly religious groups to poke out the eyes of the state’s populace so that the blinded could be led by the blind.
The “protection” promised by Prop 8’s backers was enough to result in violent confrontations, such as the 6′2”, 250 pound Polynesian man who knocked down and punched a 17 year old girl who opposed Prop 8 in San Mateo, while 35 year old Ivan Schaumkel spit in her face. Both assailants, along with another juvenile male who punched a resident in the face who tried to intervene, were proudly supporting the “protection” afforded them by Prop 8. Two of the three supporter-assailants were arrested before they could flee.
How could religious groups possibly be involved in stirring up anger and violence through a political fight over imposed morality that scapegoats a minority population? The religious groups behind Prop 8 tried to keep a friendly face on the measure while at the same time appealing to prejudice and latent hatred against gays in the state, a particularly effective strategy among black voters, where Prop 8 was supported by 70% of those voting.
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