ADF: 4-to-3 decision in Calif. a vote for nationwide legal chaos
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ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND NEWS RELEASE
June 4, 2008 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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ADF: 4-to-3 decision in Calif. a vote
for nationwide legal chaos
By one vote, California Supreme Court ignores pleas of California voters
and state attorneys general to prevent needless legal turmoil nationwide
SAN FRANCISCO — The decision of the California Supreme Court Wednesday refusing to wait until after a vote in November on a proposed state marriage amendment to implement its May 15 marriage decision ignored the pleas of millions of California voters and attorneys general from 10 other states to prevent legal chaos, according to attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund.
“The court has not only ignored the will of the people of California, it has imposed years of legal chaos quite possibly on the entire nation. Without exaggeration, this decision is the most egregious case of judicial activism in modern American history. By one vote, the court deafened its ears to millions of California voters and pleas from state attorneys general nationwide to avoid the potential of nationwide legal turmoil,” said ADF Senior Counsel Glen Lavy, who argued before the court March 4.
Three of the justices wanted to grant the motion for rehearing filed by ADF attorneys May 22 (www.telladf.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4528). Though the majority of the justices refused to prevent potential legal chaos, the court did agree to the portion of the motion requesting that the court officially note the status of the marriage amendment, which the California secretary of state certified for the November ballot Monday.
“Voters should take note now: same-sex couples who plan on obtaining ‘marriage’ licenses between now and November do so fully knowing that the amendment vote is going to happen; therefore, activists are simply attempting to play upon voter sympathy. These couples already have every right the state can provide, and those rights are unaffected by the decision. A desire to manipulate the democratic process and a total lack of concern for the ramifications are the only reasons a couple would not wait a few months for a vote on the amendment,” Lavy explained.
“The people of California will vote in November,” Lavy added. “The courts report to the people, not the other way around.”
A copy of the order from the California Supreme Court refusing to grant a stay of its marriage decision and granting the request for notice filed by ADF attorneys in the consolidated marriage cases, In re: Marriage Cases, which includes the lawsuit Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Education Fund v. City and County of San Francisco, is available at www.telladf.org/UserDocs/Prop22staydecision.pdf.
The text of the proposed constitutional amendment is available at www.protectmarriage.com/read.php.
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4 Comments
Alliance Defense Fund is doing God’s work. We’ll now rest and wait on God to accomplish His mighty work
As I understand it the American citizens in the USA have a right to recall an election/s,I have spoken with some of the citizens and to put their words in this e-mail would go against my faith and belief. Needless to say they are very highly upset, and those I spoke with said, lets get rid of the judges now and not at election time.
Sir, I guess my question is this can the citizens have a recall on this? Sure hope and pray you have time for a reply.
Rev. Royce W. Beasley
El Paso, Tx
What prevents ADF from making an appeal to the US Supreme Court for a stay on the order to allow same sex marriage until the vote is taken?
This judicial usurpation of the rights of the legislature, expressing the rights of the people as electors, is reminiscent of George Orwell’s novel, ” Animal Farm “. The animals, having successfully revolted against the rule of the farmer, then determined that all of the animals were equal, except that the pigs were more equal than the others. Who made this determination? The pigs of course! So has the California Supreme Court, by its exclusive determination, attained supremacy not just over the State Courts, but also over the Executive and the Legislature, supposedly coequal bodies of government as prescribed by real law. Bob Crutcher