Well that sucks.

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5685429/">h ... 685429/</a>

Well that sucks.</div>

[Julius Seeker]

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I've already said my opinion on the issue a dozen times, no need to repeat it since I know nearly all of the people here have the opposite opinion.</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>That's just dumb</div>

[Ishamael]

<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>You'll just have to marry Lox in Hawaii I guess...</div>

[Ishamael]

<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '><img src="http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/ ... index.html">

While we're on the topic, check this out! Married NJ governer resigns because he had a homosexual affair. This should be the plot of a bad Lifetime movie, but it's real! We're not worthy....</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Oh Ish, you know I got my eyes on you sweetie.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>It sucks, but the judges are right. You can't just break the law to get what you want. This needs to be fought in the legal system first.</div>

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Yes you can. It's called judicial action and it's much faster than lobbying the legislative branch of government when trying to change a law with popular support.</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>The Constitution trumps any local laws; I think the 14th ammendment could apply.</div>

[Stephen]

<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>What the SF mayor did was in no way "judicial action."</div>

[Stephen]

<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>No, Sine's right. Elected officials cannot appeal to the Constitution to circumvent written laws. You can challenge same-sex marriage bans on 14th Amendment grounds, but you can't claim that the amendment allows you to arbitrarily disregard them.</div>

[Gentz]

<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>I just don't understand why people give such a shit about who marries who.</div>

[Tessian]

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>There's actually a law in San Fransisco/CA (forget which) that was written in the past 20 years that said Marriage is only between a man and a woman</div>

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>It's kind of like what happened during the civil rights movements, break a law that had broad-based conservative support and then challenge it in court, with liberal judges, and have them rule that the law is wrong and you are right.</div>

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>It's kind of like what happened during the civil rights movements, break a law that has broad-based conservative support and then challenge it in court, with liberal judges, and have them rule that the law is wrong and you are right.</div>

[Stephen]

<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Well, in this case the mayor was an elected executive official whose primary duty is to uphold the law, not subvert it. (I would also dispute the civil rights/gay marriage comparison, but that's another debate for another time.)</div>