Day: June 27, 2013
Rally in West Hollywood Celebrates Supreme Court Decisions on DOMA, Prop 8
Proposition 8 lawyers David Boies and Ted Olson, along with their clients and West Hollywood and Los Angeles city officials and a crowd of thousands, rallied in West Hollywood last night to celebrate the Supreme Court’s rulings yesterday that overturned the federal Defense of Marriage Act and a finding on Prop 8 that could lead to the resumption of same-sex marriage in California.
Unfortunately, the demise of Prop 8 may not be a slam dunk. The foes of marriage equality are not done and the grindingly slow processes of the federal courts may give them a window of opportunity in which to delay the reinstatement of marriage rights in California. The 9th Circuit Court has already announced that due to procedural technicalities there will be at least a 25-day delay before marriage licenses can be issued to same-sex couples in the state — an announcement that essentially countermanded state Attorney General Kamala Harris’ order to county clerks to begin issuing the licenses within two days after the ruling.
Marriage-rights opponents will almost undoubtedly use the delay to litigate against overturning Prop 8:
Republican, Determined to Ignore the World as It Is, Introducing DOMA-Like Constitutional Amendment
A majority of Americans don’t like President Obama as president, but he’s still the president. What did not happen is what the court and then the folks pushing for [DOMA repeal] hoped would happen: that it would end the debate. The debate is not over.
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.), showing there are at least two ways he’s delusional. A majority of Americans do approve of Pres. Obama, and the debate on marriage equality died a natural death within the past few years, as more states have granted it. Huelskamp is wasting time and effort by introducing a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage that can’t possibly pass.
Supreme Court Reanimates the Corpse of Jim Crow
Despite the Supreme Court ruling against Prop 8, the federal court has ordered a 25-day delay in resumption of same-sex marriage in California, but within hours after the Supremes overturned a key section of the Voting Rights Act, Southern Neo-Confederates announced that they would make their voter suppression laws effective immediately:
