CA Attorney General Jerry Brown: Prop 8 will not undo same-sex legal marriages

Pams House blend  Aug 05 08

He poked one right in the eye of the fundies bleating for passage of Prop 8. The measure does not state explicitly that it would nullify same-sex marriages performed before Nov. 4. But in their ballot arguments, supporters of Prop. 8 declare it would invalidate all such marriages "regardless of when or where performed" - an interpretation that would apply to existing as well as future marriages. Courts that interpret ballot measures sometimes refer to such statements as evidence of what the voters knew and intended.

Brown's office said in a court filing Monday that he believes the ballot measure would not invalidate existing marriages. Full story...

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