zexen_lowe said:
Yup, gonna be 3 years next month, I recall that day very clearly
About Prop 8, I'm not from the US so clarfiy me something. Prop 8 stated that marriage would only be recognized between a man and a woman, and all that bullshit. If it's deemed unconstitutional, wouldn't that mean too that states with that same provision in their constitution (I recall Texas, but I'm sure there's more) violate the Constitution too? Wouldn't those be overturned too? Or do they have to overturn each state's provision, one by one?
Anyway, a small step, but a great one nonetheless. Why don't you just vote a nationwide law legalizing gay marriage and be done with it? |
The thing is, the supreme court didn't rule it unconsittuional, just that they couldn't rule on it.
Generally there are 3 levels of precident.
State Precedent, "District" Precedent and Federal Precedent.
Supreme Court Precendet applies to everyone.
District Precedent applies to all the courts of a specific district which can include more then one state.
State Precedent is just that... the state.
Well actually it's WAY more complciated then that with State and Federal courts each having seperate paralel courts who have jursidiction vs each other in various cases.... but long story short Prop 8 only effects California. Had they affirmed the lower courts decision it would of been country wide.
