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Originally posted by bilmore
It will still have to go through the official path of the courts, but at least this way, it will be ruled on.
And, I like the idea that each locality will get a crack at enacting its own idea of what marriage is, instead of a national vote that tells SF that it can't do that. Atticus must hate this "state's discretion" movement. It fractures us. But, on some issues, maybe we should be fractured.
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Wouldn't a straight challenge to a clerk's denial to grant the license present the same question to the court?
Out of curiousity, if Bush et al. really wanted to shut this stuff down, could they have found a less efficient way than a constitutional amendment to do so? The issue will be settled in most states before 38 of them ratify (if it gets that far).
