Farooqui v. United States Department of State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that Baker did not preempt consideration of Proposition 8 case, because “the question of the constitutionality of a state's ban on same-sex marriage” was not before the court
• discussing “the extraordinary significance of the official designation of ‘marriage’ ” apart from the rights, 33 protections, and benefits conferred by the government
• discussing “the extraordinary significance of the official designation of ‘marriage’ ” apart from the rights, protections, and benefits conferred by the government
• noting a long line of California cases granting parental rights to gay and lesbian parents and that the state’s “current policies and conduct recognize that gay individuals are fully capable of responsibly caring for and raising children.”
• “The People of California are largely free to structure their system of governance as they choose.”
• “There is no rational reason to think that taking away the designation of ‘marriage’ from same-sex couples would advance the goal of encouraging California’s opposite-sex couples to procreate more responsibly.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).