BU Now » California Supreme Court http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Calif. gay-marriage ruling challenge http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/08/16/calif-gay-marriage-ruling-challenge/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/08/16/calif-gay-marriage-ruling-challenge/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:52:33 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=6605 gay marriageA federal appeals court this week considers a request to ban the resumption of same-sex marriages in Californina that would be based on a federal judge’s ruling which said the state had no constitutional right to block such marriages — which happened when voters approved Proposition 8 last year.  Gay-marriage opponents want them to be put on hold until the case can be appealed to the U.S. Supreme court.  Law Professor Linda McClain, an authority on family law, says California already is living with thousands of such marriages performed between the time the state Supreme Court said they were legal and when voters overruled the court with Proposition 8.

“So there is a precedent for having a period in which marriages are allowed, even if subsequent marriages are banned.  And Californians are living with these marriages without evident harm to the institution of marriage.”

Contact Linda McClain, 617-358-4635, lmcclain@bu.edu

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