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12/1    S. Africa supreme court directs congress to give gay marriage same
        legal status as straight marriage
        http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1532383/posts
        \_ Is there supposed to be separation of powers in S. Africa?

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www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1532383/postsHalfmanhalfamazing South Africa's highest court ruled today that same-sex marriages enjoy th e same legal status as those between men and women, effectively making t he nation one of just five worldwide that have removed legal barriers to gay and lesbian unions. But the Constitutional Court, as the high court is known, effectively stayed its ruling for one year to give the Parlia ment time to amend a 1961 marriage law to reflect its decision. Should t he legislature balk, the court said, the law will be automatically chang ed to make its provisions gender-neutral. Few expect the Parliament to r esist, even though African nations are generally intolerant of gay relat ionships and many South Africans are conservative on social issues. Amon g political factions here, only the tiny African Christian Democratic Pa rty, whose positions carry a strong religious undercurrent, called for a constitutional amendment to bar gay marriages. View Replies To: Halfmanhalfamazing Gee, South Africa - AIDS, Rape capital of the world, poverty, class and r ace warfare. Well, that oughta help them out of the mire they've been in for more than a few years... View Replies To: Halfmanhalfamazing It's good to see how well South Africa is doing, now that blacks are in f ull control of their destiny... That's okay with me, so long as they have full ownership of the consequen ces and don't look to evil white devils to bail their sorry asses out of their problems.. So we can see where her notions of "constitutional government" come from, and note that they are totally inconsistent with the American Constitut ion, in that they amount to the Judiciary issuing ministerial orders to the legislature. View Replies Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.