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Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Courts - Still more on "California Supreme Court says same-sex couples have right to marry" [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from May 18th, the California Supreme Court today has denied a request for a rehearing and a stay of the May 15th decision. From an AP report:
Wednesday's denial clears the way for gays and lesbians in the nation's most populous state to get married starting June 17, when state officials have said counties must start issuing new gender-neutral marriage licenses.[Updated] The ABA Journal Blog has an entry this afternoon with links to several news stories on the denial. Some quotes:
Setting the stage for a potential confrontation among states about the marital rights of same-sex couples to start sooner rather than later, the California Supreme Court today refused to delay the implementation of an earlier landmark ruling finding that same-sex couples have a right to marry under the state constitution. * * *Ordinarily. But this does not take into account states, including Indiana, that have passed the Defense of Marriage Act, or states that have adopted constitutional amendments prohibiting gay marriage.While the gay marriages, which are expected to begin June 17, will clearly be legal in California, at least for now, efforts have already begun elsewhere in the U.S. to prevent other states from recognizing them. (Under the principle of comity, states ordinarily recognize as legal marriages that are legal in other states.)
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 4, 2008 01:10 PM
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