From Family Research Council:
At every opportunity, the people of California have voted to protect marriage. Nine years, two ballot initiatives, and two lawsuits later, the state's Supreme Court finally respected that decision, upholding Proposition 8's ban on counterfeit marriage in a 6-1 ruling. A year after imposing same-sex "marriage" on the state, the same court that initiated the controversy surrendered to the more than seven million voters who, on November 4, upheld the historical definition of marriage as the union of a man and woman.
In FRC's amicus brief, we argued that the effort to overturn Proposition 8 "strikes directly at the heart of California's system of government." The court acknowledged its limitations in today's opinion, stating, "Regardless of our views as individuals on this question of policy, we recognize as judges and as a court our responsibility to confine our consideration to a determination of the constitutional validity and legal effect of the measure in question."
That said, the Court did ignore the meaning of the law it upheld by recognizing the 18,000 same-sex "marriages" performed last year. By grandfathering in these "marriages," the justices are seeding the ground for a possible legal battle in the U.S. Supreme Court. Despite that disappointment, FRC continues to be optimistic. In the face of its toughest challenge, the state's marriage protection amendment withstood its fiercest test. We are determined to fight until marriage enjoys this same protection in all 50 states. In the meantime, be encouraged, knowing that same-sex "marriage" is not inevitable if we refuse to stand by and allow it to happen.
