{"id":302,"date":"2005-03-14T22:36:24","date_gmt":"2005-03-14T22:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/archives\/302"},"modified":"2005-03-14T22:36:24","modified_gmt":"2005-03-14T22:36:24","slug":"same-sex-marriage-ban-struck-down-in-ca-step-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/archives\/302","title":{"rendered":"Same-sex marriage ban struck down in CA (step one)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A SF Superior Court judge just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sftc.org\/Docs\/marriage.pdf\">ruled<\/a> that California&#8217;s ban on same-sex marriage goes against the state constitution \u2014 now it goes on to the state Supreme Court. From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/archive\/2005\/03\/14\/samesexruling14.TMP\">SF Chronicle blurb<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Rejecting California Attorney General Bill Lockyer&#8217;s argument that California is entitled to maintain the traditional definition of marriage, Kramer said the same explanation was offered for the state&#8217;s ban on interracial marriage, which was struck down by the state Supreme Court in 1948.<\/p>\n<p>The judge also rejected arguments by opponents of same-sex marriage that the current law promotes procreation and child-rearing by a husband and wife. &#8220;One does not have to be married in order to procreate, nor does one have to procreate in order to marry,&#8221; Kramer said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"update\"><b>Update 3\/18\/05:<\/b> updated the title to no longer mean the opposite of what I meant (by adding the word <em>ban<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SF Superior Court judge just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sftc.org\/Docs\/marriage.pdf\">ruled<\/a> that California&#8217;s ban on same-sex marriage goes against the state constitution \u2014 now it goes on to the state Supreme Court. From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/archive\/2005\/03\/14\/samesexruling14.TMP\">SF Chronicle blurb<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Rejecting California Attorney General Bill Lockyer&#8217;s argument that California is entitled to maintain the traditional definition of marriage, Kramer said the same explanation was offered for the state&#8217;s ban on interracial marriage, which was struck down by the state Supreme Court in 1948.<\/p>\n<p>The judge also rejected arguments by opponents of same-sex marriage that the current law promotes procreation and child-rearing by a husband and wife. &#8220;One does not have to be married in order to procreate, nor does one have to procreate in order to marry,&#8221; Kramer said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"update\"><b>Update 3\/18\/05:<\/b> updated the title to no longer mean the opposite of what I meant (by adding the word 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