OC Register Quotes Professor Darmer on Prop 8
March 13, 2009
Professor Katherine Darmer was quoted extensively in the Orange County Register, an article entitled, “State’s gay married couples could increase even if Prop. 8 is upheld.” The article discusses the California Supreme Court’s consideration of Proposition 8 and explores whether gays married elsewhere who move to California will have their marriages recognized here. If the Justices, as expected, uphold both Prop. 8 and gay marriages performed in California before Nov. 4, “there’s no argument to be made,” Professor Darmer said. “That would rule out Connecticut, which began performing gay marriages Nov. 12. However, one could argue that those married elsewhere between June 16 and Nov. 4 – when gay marriages were performed in California – should be recognized if those couples move here.” Read article…