It was good that half of Prop. 8 was upheld, but it was wrong and unconstitutional for the judges to strike down the other half of Prop. 8 by validating some 18,000 homosexual "marriages." SaveCalifornia.com gave voice to the frustration that pro-family citizens felt over this blatant and unacceptable judicial activism:
Legal experts say Calif. Prop. 8 decision is mostly ‘sunny’ with one ‘little dark cloud’: Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, a statewide pro-family organization that took part in the lawsuit, said he was more than disappointed. "An arm and a leg have been cut off the natural institution of marriage in California," Thomasson said. "While it was good that the majority of the justices ruled only man-woman marriages could be performed after Prop. 8 passed, it's wrong and unconstitutional for the judges to permit counterfeit marriages in clear violation of Prop. 8," said Randy Thomasson, president of Save California.com.
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Proposition 8 consitutional but not retroactive, court rules: Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, a statewide organization of social conservatives, insisted that the same-sex marriages performed before Proposition 8’s enactment were “counterfeit,” contending that the text of the initiative measure clearly indicated that the only valid marriages are between a man and a woman, regardless of when the marriage was performed.
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South Bay activists react to Prop. 8 ruling: Reactions to Tuesday's decision were indeed mixed for local residents on both sides of the issue. Officials from the group SaveCalifornia.com, which opposes same-sex marriage, said the recent ruling ignores the straightforward language and intent of Proposition 8. The proposition "specified that the only valid marriage in California is between a man and a woman, regardless of when the marriage was performed," said Randy Thomasson, president of the group.
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Battle for 'gay' weddings far from over: Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, said the Prop 8 ruling was good, but the courts failed to be consistent by allowing the "gay" "marriages" still to count. "While it was good that the majority of the justices ruled only man-woman marriages could be performed after Prop. 8 passed, it's wrong and unconstitutional for the judges to permit counterfeit marriages in clear violation of Prop. 8," said Thomasson. "An arm and a leg have been cut off the natural institution of marriage in California. "The judges have ignored the straightforward, retroactive effect of Prop. 8, which specified that the only valid marriage in California 'is' between a man and a woman, 'regardless of when' the marriage was performed," said Thomasson. "This is unconstitutional and unjust. The court's own rules require that the counterfeit marriages be declared null and void."
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Mixed reaction to Prop. 8 ruling in California: Randy Thomasson of SaveCalifornia.com is only somewhat pleased with the court's decision. He explains that Prop. 8 actually deals with same-gender marriages in a straightforward, retroactive manner -- but the judges ignored that, he states. "The only marriage in California that is valid or recognized [as valid] is a marriage between a man and a woman, quote, 'regardless of when or where performed,'" he points out. "And that obviously wipes out the false marriages. But the judges, based in San Francisco , didn't want to go there." In effect, says Thomasson, the court's decision is an insult to people who went to the polls to vote for traditional marriage -- and shows that the court has "gone with its own feelings and its own social agenda."
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Court upholds Prop. 8, same-sex marriage advocates will turn to ballot box: Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, a Sacramento-based group that supports traditional marriage, decried the court's decision to let the existing 18,000 gay marriages stand. Thomasson said, "An arm and a leg have been cut off the natural institution of marriage in California." Thomasson said the decision "means some 18,000 counterfeit marriages will be held out as role models to impressionable children."
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State's high court upholds Prop. 8: Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, a pro-family group supportive of Prop 8 commended the court's decision upholding the measure but called the ruling letting same-sex marriages performed in 2008 stand "counterfeit". "The judges have ignored the straightforward, retroactive effect of Prop. 8, which specified that the only valid marriage in California 'is' between a man and a woman, 'regardless of when' the marriage was performed," said Thomasson in a prepared statement. "This is unconstitutional and unjust. The court's own rules require that the counterfeit marriages be declared null and void," said Thomasson. "But instead of respecting the clear text of Prop. 8 and by ignoring the clarifying ballot statements, the court has gone with its own feelings and its own social agenda in violation of the judges' solemn oaths to uphold the written constitution. The voters have been handed back an altered ballot."
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California Supreme Court expected to 'half uphold' Prop. 8: A majority of justices will side with voters, whether they like Prop 8 or not, predicted Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com. But Thomasson also expects the court to hand conservatives a partial defeat by allowing some same-sex marriages performed in California to stand. "Bottom line," Thomasson said, "it's virtually guaranteed that the court will rule that only man-woman marriages could be performed after the vote on Prop. 8, but that nearly four months of homosexual 'marriages' performed before the Election Day will still be recognized. This would be half right and half wrong, not giving the Constitution or the voters the respect they deserve."
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