Catholic Group Sues to Delay California Same Sex Marriages

Posted by Alex Blaze, The Bilerico Project at 1:27 PM on June 13, 2008.

Virginia-based Liberty Counsel is making a last ditch effort to stop same sex marriages in Caliornia.

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The Liberty Counsel is suing to have same-sex marriages in California delayed:

The Virginia-based Liberty Counsel, in a petition with the 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco, argued that the wording of the California Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriages allows the lower court to set the terms and schedule for implementing the decision.

Liberty Counsel argued that the high court's May 15 ruling put dozens of state laws addressing marriage into conflict and that the Legislature needs time to address those issues.

They don't care about putting it off. That's not the end game here.

What they do care about is the long-term in California, and they know that the more same-sex marriages that happen there before November, the more people are going to realize that their "sky is falling" message doesn't hold water. It's what happened, massively, in Massachusetts.

Oh, and when they start complaining about the out-of-state money and volunteers going into California, lets remember that this lawsuit is being argued by a Virginia-based fundie group and that a third of their money so far has come from non-Californians, with a quarter million coming from an international Catholic organization.

This is what being dragged kicking and screaming looks like. But they're still being dragged.

Tagged as: same sex marriage, lgbt, california

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How about an action to demand Vatican to stop harboring [Report this comment] Posted by: Ydotheyhateus on Jun 13, 2008 1:41 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Cardinal Bernard Law, the biggest purveyor of pedophelia in US history! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] The Catholic Church... [Report this comment] Posted by: Xynyx on Jun 13, 2008 2:12 PM Current rating: 4 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] is... drag... what? They're being dragged? The Catholic Church is in drag? I thought they were more into pedophilia than into drag... not to even remotely intend to be comparing the two... [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » Anti-Catholic bigotry Posted by: andabottleof_rum End 'Truth Speak' Rhetoric and the Roman Empire who hides behind a Church! [Report this comment] Posted by: Purple Girl on Jun 14, 2008 4:16 AM Current rating: 3 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] LIBERTY COUNCIL???? As soon as you here titles like those Your BS radar should be Signalling loud & Clear- More Truthspeak Propoganda from the"Ministry of Truth". ProLife, Patriot Act...Oh the list is far tooo long.As for the Fcking Catholic Church and the Ex- Nazi that currently runs it their Crimes Against Humanity are even a Far Longer a List.Ratzinger is nothing more than an agent for the Evil that lurks in the hearts of men. He even started long before most- Nazi Youth member.Add to that the aiding & abetting Child Rapers and You've got an institution serving That which is Against the Goodness of Man The Evil that eminates from that church is so strong I became a Recover CAtholic at the age of 9, and have seen the same shit coming off so many other of their 'off shoot' minion so called Religious Groups.Who do they Really Serve...."Could It Be Satan?"Peter and Paul HIGHJACKED Jesus' religious teachings and sought to place themselves in Idolic SElf Anointed Positions over All others. Jesus was trying to encourage the Jewish faith to embrace All groups of People to combat the Terror of the Roman Empire. Once the Boys made a pact with the Empire they became 'Kings' - Peter did not just Deny Jesus 3 times - but for ALL Time.Prophecies can come true with enough effort- I reject the Catholic Church and all their little Seedlings which have Oppressed Us all for the last 2 millenia.the First and the Granddaddy to the Other Horsemen- The 'holy' Roman Catholic Church.The main reason Separation between Church & State is in Our Constitution.Heretics and Traitors! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » Anti-Catholic bigotry* Posted by: andabottleof_rum » By the way, the Western Roman Empire collapsed in 476 CE. To think it's still operating behind the Posted by: andabottleof_rum Are these people really that stupid, [Report this comment] Posted by: bitsfick on Jun 14, 2008 10:47 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] that with all the problems facing mankind's survival the only thing they can find to worry about is gays getting married. How pathetic!! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Are these people really that stupid, Posted by: Dboy » More online narcissism Posted by: andabottleof_rum Unholy Church [Report this comment] Posted by: QQOblivion on Jun 14, 2008 12:02 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] The Catholic Church, as the churches of many religions usually are, is being used here once more for evil. They are going out of their way to persecute loving gay couples (who are consenting adults, unlike the priest/altar-boy unions that often take place within the Catholic Church). Maybe they doth protest too much against homosexuality, eh? God, I am glad I am not religious. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Will someone please post [Report this comment] Posted by: hurricane hugo on Jun 16, 2008 10:32 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] at least a partial list of all the heterosexual marriages in Massachusetts that have failed as a result of gay marriages being legalized there? jdfu! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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