Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Same-Sex Marriage Amendment Struck Down

It passed in Georgia in 2004 but because the proponents broke the law, a federal judge has now struck it down. Fine by me:
A state amendment banning same-sex marriage was struck down Tuesday by a judge who upheld the voters' right to limit marriage to heterosexual couples but cited procedural flaws in the wording of the amendment, which was approved by more than three-quarters of voters.
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The Georgia amendment defined marriage as between a man and a woman, banned same-sex civil unions and said that same-sex unions performed in other states would not be recognized. The judge, Constance C. Russell of Fulton County Superior Court, ruled that the amendment violated Georgia's single-subject rule, which limits each amendment put before voters to one topic.

"People who believe marriages between men and women should have a unique and privileged place in our society may also believe that same-sex relationships should have some place, although not marriage," the judge wrote. "The single-subject rule protects the right of those people to hold both views and reflect both judgments by their vote."
Isn't it amazing how some people can be so idiotic that they'd go all out to amend the Constitution (an Herculean effort in and of itself) only to screw it all up because they don't want to follow the existing law in the process?

The law is pretty clear, but they thought they could do whatever they wanted because they are God's representatives. Boy, were they wrong.

Idiots. Now start over.

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