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I would say even that is over-broad. (4.00 / 1)

as eliminating only the right of same-sex couples to equal access to the designation of marriage

It is over-broad by use of the word "equal".

as eliminating only the right of same-sex couples to access to the designation of marriage

That's better.  If the 14th amendment applies then the California supreme court must conclude that opposite sex couples are also denied access to the designation of marriage.  I don't see any other way to square the new Californian constitution with the federal constitution.

Did the court not consider such an obvious point?

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it", Helen Keller, communist.

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by: DavidByron @ Fri May 29, 2009 at 18:18:37 PM CDT