Comments on: BREAKING: Prop 8 proponents ask Supreme Court to review case

By: Prop 8 Trial Tracker » The Prop 8 case: analyzing San Francisco’s Supreme Court brief

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:20:58 +0000

[...] the plaintiffs in the Prop 8 case did early last week, the City and County of San Francisco has filed its own brief in opposition to the Prop 8 [...]

By: Prop 8 Trial Tracker » The Prop 8 trial: where things stand

Prop 8 Trial Tracker » The Prop 8 trial: where things stand — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:35:12 +0000

[...] the appellate court’s last say on the matter. On July 31, the proponents of Prop 8 filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking them to consider the following [...]

By: Prop 8 Trial Tracker » Plaintiffs in challenge to Proposition 8 ask the Supreme Court to decline to review the case

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:06:01 +0000

[...] in the Prop 8 case Hollingsworth v. Perry filed their reply brief to the proponent’s petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court. The plaintiffs, as expected, oppose Supreme Court review of this case, [...]

By: Prop 8 Backers Urge Supreme Court to Review « Romney Court

Prop 8 Backers Urge Supreme Court to Review « Romney Court — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:11:52 +0000

[...] document, which can found here, lays out their rationale for urging the court to review the case.Prop 8 Trial Tracker broke down the core of their argument:The question presented in the case is: “Whether the Equal [...]

By: Critical Mass Progress | Part 1: What’s Next for DOMA and Marriage Equality on Trial?

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:20:10 +0000

[...] of Prop 8 – in Perry, the challenge to the California constitutional amendment – petitioned the Supreme Court to review the case. Section 3 of DOMA was struck down yet again, this time by Judge Vanessa Bryant, an appointee of [...]

By: Mike in Baltimore

Mike in Baltimore — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 06:09:57 +0000

"They really should get a clue already."

They should, but I don't expect them to. After all, bigotry is not known for being perceptive or logical.

By: Mike in Baltimore

Mike in Baltimore — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:20:36 +0000

Which state (outside of same sex marriage) doesn't recognize a marriage from another state?

And what state doesn't recognize a divorce conducted in another state?

If you are going to throw out "that isn't uniformly the law" as if that is FACT, then you should be able to give example after example.

Please start listing them.

By: Jim H.

Jim H. — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:25:01 +0000

Sort of OT, but can someone update the "Want to know where things stand with the Prop 8 trial" page? It still reads that proponents' appeal to SCOTUS is pending…

By: arjay1951

arjay1951 — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 03:17:36 +0000

Thank you for the reference to Evan's article from several years ago. He certainly makes the argument that marriages and divorces from one state SHOULD be legal in any other state, but that isn't uniformly the law. As a former attorney at Lambda (where Evan was working at the time of the article you cite), I agree it SHOULD be the law. As Evan foresaw in that 1996 article, the issues have become hopelessly complicated. My comment was an aside anyway, and I didn't mean ti highjack the discussion to this narrow point, but rather was trying to articulate that the issues are not simple.

By: Mike in Baltimore

Mike in Baltimore — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:04:48 +0000

"Your marriage, valid in CA, might be seen as of no consequence if you move to, say MS." You might find the information at http://www.ucc.org/assets/pdfs/emr23.pdf to be very interesting. According to Evan Wolfson, a valid marriage (or divorce) in one state is a valid marriage (or divorce) in another state in accordance with Federal law and several state and Federal court decisions. Granted, the argument was was created in the 1990s, but I don't think the information has changed that much. And, it is just a bit more evidence that DOMA is not constitutional, nor in accord with past practice in the US and individual states.