Professor Joslin Comments on Same-Sex Marriage Bill for Law.com
Professor Courtney Joslin commented on California Senate Bill 54, a measure that would recognize same-sex marriages performed outside the state before the passage of Proposition 8, for articles in the Recorder and Law.com. While opponents have described the bill as an attempt to undercut Prop. 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California, advocates have said the bill is an attempt to clarify an issue left unresolved by the California Supreme Court's May 26 ruling, in which the Court specifically declined to address same-sex marriages performed outside the state.
Professor Joslin described the bill as "entirely consistent" with the Court's ruling. "The people did not express any intent to have Prop 8 applied retroactively to in-state or out-of-state marriages, and that should be the end of the question."
Professor Joslin is a scholar in the field of family and relationship recognition, with a particular focus on same-sex and non-marital couples.