Re: Calif. State Supreme Court Says Homo***uals Can Actually Marry (Domestic Partner****ps Not Enough)

OneTwoThree wrote:
> "Lamont Cranston" <Lamont.Cranston@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> VRWC Destruction Machine wrote:
>>> The Pope Wears Prada <The_Pope@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in crayon...
>>>
>>>>Winston Smith, American Patriot wrote:
>>>>> What does America think about?  God, gays, and guns.
>>>>>
>>>>> This ruling of the court is going to hurt Obama for November.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>How will this ruling by a *conservative* California Supreme Court
>>>>possibly hurt Obama in November?
>>>>
>>> The court is not Conservative.
>>
>> Yes, it is.  It is quite conservative.
>>
>>> Even though the majority of judges were
>>> appointed Republican governors, they had to be approved by a
>>> Democratic legislature.
>>
>> That is UNTRUE.
>>
>> California Supreme Court appointments are approved by the California
>> Commission on Judicial Appointments.  The commission has three
>> members: the Chief Justice, the Attorney General, and the senior
>> presiding justice of the Court of Appeal of the affected appellate
>> district.  When a Supreme Court appointee is being considered, the
>> third member of the commission is California's senior presiding
>> justice of the Courts of Appeal.
>>> The appointees were more likely to be moderate
>>> Republicans or appointees who wouldn't get much resistance in being
>>> approved.
>>>
>>> 62% of the voters passed the California Marriage Act to outlaw same
>>> *** marriages. 60% of the voters nationwide oppose homo***ual
>>> marriage.
>>
>> Irrelevant.
>>
>>>
>>> This is just one issue Obama-lama-ding-dong will have to state.
>>
>> Who is Obama-lama-ding-dong?
>
> name some major "conservative" decisions of the California court.

Conservative Republican governors appointed 6 of the 7 California Supreme 
Court members.

www.mercurynews.com/ci_9279651?source=most_emailed
'Legal experts say the generally conservative bent of the California
Supreme 
Court could lend even more clout to the ruling.

"It's very meaningful in the court of public opinion because it's a
moderate 
to conservative court," said Jennifer Rothman, a Loyola University law 
professor following the case closely.'

www.kansascity.com/440/story/621837.html

"This ruling is a conservative one. The justices have ensured that the law

treats all Californians fairly and equally. This decision is a good one
for 
all families, gay and non-gay."--James Vaughn, director of the California 
Log Cabin Republicans

www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gaymarriage16-2008may16,0,6182317.story?track=rss

"The decision was a bold surprise from a moderately conservative, 
Republican-dominated court that legal scholars have long dubbed
"cautious," 
and experts said it was likely to influence other courts around the 
country."

rodonline.typepad.com/rodonline/2008/05/california-supr.html

'The California Supreme Court is considered conservative. Six of the seven

justices were appointed by Republican governors and the ruling by "the 
Republican-dominated court affects more than 100,000 same-*** couples in
the 
state, about a quarter of whom have children, according to U.S. census 
figures."'

www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/15/same.***.marriage/

"The ruling surprised legal experts because the court has a reputation for

being conservative. Six of its seven judges are Republican appointees."