Preparation for expected California Supreme Court ruling that upholds Prop. 8 and existing same-sex marriages

03/07/09 Sacramento Bee:

Dennis Mangers was chairman of No on 8 in Northern California, and is a senior advisor to Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg. "When does it seem strategically appropriate to raise the issue again", he asked, if the Court upholds Prop. 8. "Those are discussions going on right now."

03/07/09 LA Times:

This article addresses the effect of the expected ruling on married same-sex couples, and the debate about timing an initiative challenge. "Jon Davidson, legal director for the gay-rights advocacy group Lambda Legal, called the couples 'pioneers' put into 'an unprecedented situation. 'It will be challenging for those 18,000 couples,' Davidson said. 'They are likely to be frequently asked to prove that they are married. . . . They will be going forward where no couple has gone before.' "

03/07/09 LA Times:

In this opinion article, writer Robin Rauzi, who married his gay partner before the November election, may become what he calls a "marriage outlaw":

" I can also revel in the paradox of being married by a state that denies it means anything. Because the paradox is certain to be short-lived. We are in an awkward legal adolescence on this issue, but we will outgrow it."

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