Monday, December 28, 2009

What happens to the gay married couples who were legally married in California before the law passed?

Are they now considered not legally married? Or are they still considered married since they were wed before the law was passed?What happens to the gay married couples who were legally married in California before the law passed?
I believe they would still be a married couple. The government can not go back and remove the marriage status or something like convict a criminal if the law was passed after the event. If the state are trying to take that away, it's best to argue this to court.What happens to the gay married couples who were legally married in California before the law passed?
The law would be considered grandfathered. In other words any law that was on the books prior to passage of a new law (which by the way is being considered as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court) would still be valid.
That is a question, because the law said 'will not be recognized' or words to that effect. However, I think the Ca supreme court will either strike down the whole thing or will say you can't 'unmarry' someone. That seems procedurally improper, doesn't it?





Personally I think someone else who posts here had the best solution -- have the government call the GOVERNMENT action a 'union' for straights AND gays, and have people privately marry in such churches as are happy to marry them, and have it be none of the government's business.





But then I think the government should be small enough to drown in a bathtub.
Any person who got married during that time had their marriage annulled after the law was revoked.
They are still legally married.
They might have to just redo their vows because they have to pay for a marriage license.

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