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Subject: Republicans turn to Sodomy
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 15:24:08 +0000

05-15) 12:40 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The seven justices on the California Supreme Court and how they voted in Thursday's ruling legalizing same-sex marriage:  
 
Chief Justice Ronald George, 68, a moderate Republican appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson in 1991. He wrote the 4-3 opinion striking down the state ban on same-sex marriage, which he said violates the "fundamental constitutional right to form a family relationship."
 
Justice Joyce Kennard, 67, a Republican appointed by Gov. George Deukmejian in 1989. She is considered a moderate and joined the majority opinion.
 
Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar, 72, a Republican appointed by Wilson in 1994. She is considered a moderate and was part of the majority in the ruling.
 
Justice Carlos Moreno, 59, the court's only Democratic appointee, named to the bench by Gov. Gray Davis in 2001. He is considered a moderate and voted with the majority.
 
Justice Marvin Baxter, 68, a Republican appointed by Deukmejian in 1990. He is considered a conservative and wrote a dissenting opinion that accused the court of substituting "its own social policy views for those expressed by the people."
 
Justice Ming Chin, 65, a Republican appointed by Wilson in 1996. He is considered a conservative and joined Baxter's dissenting opinion.
 
Justice Carol Corrigan, 59, a moderate Republican appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2005. Her separate dissent said that the court should not invalidate the ban but that "Californians should allow our gay and lesbian neighbors to call their unions marriages."