Lawyers: Gay marriage ban aim was to deny stature

[kpete]

Source: Associated Press

Lawyers: Gay marriage ban aim was to deny stature
By Associated Press

Lawyers for the city of San Francisco are firing back at gay marriage opponents who want an appeals court to overturn the judge who struck down California's voter-approved ban on same-sex unions.

In a brief filed with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Monday, the city attorney's office said Proposition 8's sponsors failed to make a sound case for preventing homosexuals from marrying while leaving intact their rights to raise children.

The lawyers argued that the 2008 ban's only purpose was to deny same-sex couples of "the honored stature" of marriage and to avoid having anyone "view gay relationships as 'OK.'"

Read more: http://www.salon.com/wires/us/2010/10/18/D9IUF40G0_us_gay_marriage_trial/index.html

[Proletariatprincess]

1. Makes me proud to be a San Franciscian.

[johnnypneumatic]

2. hey Associated Press, update your style guide

we are "gay people", not "homosexuals"
"homosexual" is an offensive clinical term, dating back to the time when the being gay was considered a mental illness.
that was eliminated in 1973...
I am a gay human being, I am not "a homosexual" thing

[xchrom]

3. it's really that simple. nt

[L.Torsalo]

5. It is obvious;

to deny a group rights is to deny them the status and stature that such accreditation brings. It's called discrimination.

[No Elephants]

4. Gay judges cannot decide cases involving gays? Fine--if hetero judges cannot decide cases involving

heteros. Now, THAT would create jobs!