Prop. 8 actually established FOUR classes of Californians, with no rational basis
From Ted Olson's opening statement in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, 1/11/2010 (see pp. 43-44 of the transcript below): \"Proposition 8 enacted [...] an utterly irrational regime to govern entitlement to the fundamental right to marry, consisting of four separate and distinct classes of citizens: First, heterosexuals, including convicted criminals, substance abusers, and sex offenders, who are permitted to marry. [...] Second, 18,000 same-sex couples married between June and November of 2008, are allowed to remain married. But if they divorce or if they lose their spouse by widowhood, they can't remarry. And, third, thousands of same-sex couples, as of the first of the year, who were married in certain other states prior to November of 2008, those marriages are now valid and recognized in California. [...] But, fourth, the fourth category are the people that we represent, the plaintiffs and hundreds of thousands of other Californian same-sex couples who are prohibited by Proposition 8 from marrying.\"|~|#|^|!|ht
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