Homogamy nullified.Sacramento, CA -- The California Supreme Court has nullified nul·li·fy tr.v. nul·li·fied, nul·li·fy·ing, nul·li·fies 1. To make null; invalidate. 2. To counteract the force or effectiveness of. all "marriages" allowed by San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Mayor Gavin Newson between February 21 and March 11 this year. The judges voted 5-2 that Mayor Newson had violated state law and Proposition 22--a 2000 referendum in which Californians voted overwhelmingly to retain the traditional definition of marriage. The decision affects about 4000 recently performed homogamies. The Court avoided ruling on the issue of whether the California constitution The California Constitution is the document that establishes and describes the duties, powers, structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of California. The original constitution, adopted in November 1849 in the U.S. would permit homogamy ho·mog·a·my n. Reproduction within a group that perpetuates qualities or traits that distinguish the group from a larger group of which it is part. Also called inbreeding. in the future (LifeSiteNews, August 12, 2004). But in Washington State Judge William Downing has ruled that denying the "right" to "marry" to same-sex couples violates the constitution, in spite of the fact the state's constitution defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Washington State's Supreme Court has said it will study the ruling. No homogamy licences will be issued while the Supreme Court reviews the decision (LifeSiteNews, August 4, 2004). In Virginia the legislature passed by a vote of 69-31 a law banning contracts or other arrangements "between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges or obligations of marriage." The Virginia Senate supported the same bill by a vote of 27-12. The law became effective July 1, 2004. Similarly, State of Missouri voters decided August 3, 2004, to introduce a constitutional ban on homogamy. Spokeswoman Vicky Hartzler of the Coalition to Protect Marriage says Missouri citizens want to see marriage protected from a legal challenge and therefore have made their wishes known to pre-empt pre·empt or pre-empt v. pre·empt·ed, pre·empt·ing, pre·empts v.tr. 1. To appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others. See Synonyms at appropriate. 2. a. activist judges. The State of Louisiana CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. followed suit on September 18. Then on November 2, 2004, the citizens of Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon, and Utah voted with large majorities in state referenda during the general election to reject same-sex "marriage." |
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