LockeColeMA wrote:
Yes, in good faith. Learn what the law is.
To be fair, I don't blame the gay couples who ran out to get married while they could. I blame the judges who made that awful decision. Their decision was clearly not in "good faith". They knew the issue before them would be resolved one way or another within about 6 months. Given that gay couples had never been able to legally obtain marriage licenses for the entire history of the state prior to that point, I don't think waiting that length of time represented any undue burden on anyone.
The *only* reason to allow gay marriages to go forward during that time period was on the assumption that prop8 would pass and those people wouldn't be able to get marriage licenses after that point in time. Which means that the judge(s) deliberately chose to take an action designed to oppose the law and ensure the exact state of marriage limbo those 18,000 people are in right now. That's certainly a decision that was dishonest in intent and no judge should have made it.
Oh. And it just happens to create the next round of "double standard" challenges to the existing law. Cause it's wrong that gay couples who were married during that time period are allowed to remain married, but gay couples who didn't can't, right? Expect to see this argument "soon".