Opponents file suit to annul gay marriages in California

[Hepburn]

Opponents of same-sex marriage in the US state of California, who won a referendum blocking the unions last month, said Friday they filed suit to annul thousands of gay marriages conducted in the state this year.

Californians in a November 4 referendum on "Proposition 8" voted 52.1 percent in favor of a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, which the state Supreme Court had ruled permissible in June allowing some 18,000 gay couples to wed.

Referendum proponents known as the "Protect Marriage" coalition on Friday took their campaign one step further, petitioning the Supreme Court to annul the gay marriages officiated so far in California.

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Opponents_file_suit_to_annul_gay_ma_12192008.html

Who are these people???? This is awful. Haven't they caused enough pain already?

:grr:

[LordJFT]

1. Well unfortunately * already set an unusual precedent for retroactive laws

[Hepburn]

2. Speaking as a California Attorney, the rules are that...

...laws cannot have a retroactive effect unless that clause is specifically included in the law itself ~~ that the new law will apply retroactively.

So...I am hoping that these assholes will get hit with the usual and normal interpretation of California application on the issue of retroactivity of new laws.

Why the hell can't they just stop and leave others alone!

[MNBrewer]

3. Outrage piled up on outrage, upon outrage

And we're supposed to be "tolerant" of these people!

[Hepburn]

4. No tolerance here....

...it is time to end discrimination. Enough is enough.