California Keeps Illegal Gay Marriage Tax Money

I told my friend Lummpy back when San Francisco first started marrying gay couples that this was just a new tax on gay people. Looks like I might have been right. The city of San Francisco took money for each marriage license that was filed and now that those marriage licenses are void, do you think the city will give the money back? Hell no! This was a tax on gay people. The major two-some Newsome knew that the marriage licenses were illegal; he just wanted the attention and the money. As I have said before, it is not against the law for gay people to marry. Gay men can marry women and gay women can marry men just like every other American. From Backcountry Conservative AP The California Supreme Court voided all same-sex marriages sanctioned by San Francisco this year, ruling Thursday that the mayor overstepped his authority by issuing the couples licenses. The court said the city violated the law when it issued the certificates and performed the marriage ceremonies in a month long wedding march that began Feb. 12, since both legislation and a voter-approved measure defined marriage as a union between a man and woman. The court, however, did not resolve whether the California Constitution would permit a same-sex marriage, ruling instead on the narrow issue of whether local officials could bypass California's judicial and legislative branches. Update (8/12 4:41PM): ScrappleFace has a funny side to this story click here.