Comments on: 18,000 same-sex marriages in California ahead of statewide vote http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9478.html/ PinkNews.co.uk Gay News (UK and world) from Pink News - all the gay news for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community in the UK and beyond- thegaynews from Pink News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:04:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: AndySam http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9478.html/comment-page-1/#comment-37282 AndySam Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:39:09 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=9478#comment-37282 IF ....and let's hope it doesn't come to this ... but IF Prop 8 is successful where does that leave the 18,000 couples who have married. They did so lawfully and can not be penalised for doing so, and one of the great tenets of law is that it can not be enacted retrospectively. It would be totally ridiculous for 18,000 legal marriages to suddenly be declared legally null and void!!! IF ….and let's hope it doesn't come to this … but IF Prop 8 is successful where does that leave the 18,000 couples who have married. They did so lawfully and can not be penalised for doing so, and one of the great tenets of law is that it can not be enacted retrospectively. It would be totally ridiculous for 18,000 legal marriages to suddenly be declared legally null and void!!!

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