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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
Well, there is the argument that Californians just plain don't like it when their state supreme court reverses a statute that the popular vote made happen just a few years before.
A weak argument, but one none the less.
Also there's the argument that that same-sex unions under any name other than marriage would be a-ok, that the word "marriage" just pulls on some heart strings.
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Those arguments don't hold up under the fact that prop 22, which was the reason the courts rendered a decision, passed by 61% and prop 8 passed by 52.2% of the voters. A smaller proportion of the population voted for prop 8 (responding to the court's decision) than voted for prop 22 (the cause of the court's involvement).
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Originally Posted by grolsch
GG, The first part I'm not up on, but for the second, it comes down to semantics?
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It's not merely a semantic difference. In California, same-sex couples already have the right to domestic partnerships, which are protected under the law with the same rights as married couples within the state. They are not marriages, however, which have federal rights and obligations extending beyond the state's concerns.