June of 2015 is the better path for the community, not necessarily your clients, the community at large. Changing hearts and minds happens through democracy much more effectively than it happens through court decisions. I understand, judge, but i represent four couples. Their kids deserve two parents. They deserve them today and thats and they are entitled to those based on these notions of due process and equal protection. And especially when you look at the movement thats occurred. This is similar to the loving situation, which by the way, was a recognition case. I mean, that couple moved to d. C. , got married, then came back to virginia and were prosecuted because virginia wouldnt recognize the d. C. Marriage. At the time of the decision in 1967, there were 15 states that had repealed the ban on interracial marriage. There was momentum going in their favor, but the Supreme Court still struck down their prosecution. There was still 16 states that prohibited interracial marriage. Tha
So it depends on the intent of all 3 million voters who voted for this constitutional amendment. Thats an analysis thats literally impossible. You cant gauge into the mind of everybody who voted yes for proposition 1. I think thats distinguishable from rumor. And windsor, because the court in those cases didnt engage in the legislative intent of what the laws on their face and said the law on their face are unusual. And thats not the case here. So if theres no further questions, i respectfully ask the court to reverse the District Court. Mr. Murphy, can we go back to the 19th century history we were talking about . It occurred to me after you sat down that you thought i was talking about these the suffragists crisscrossing the country trying to get an amendment to the United States constitution. Thats not what they did. They knew that was virtually impossible. They were going to the local people trying to get the right to vote on the school board. They were going to each state legislat
Respond to in writing in the comments and responses document and i believe what you are ruefr r referring to is the alternatives considered but rejected section. We will provide some more detail in response to your question in the cr anything else . I have a lot of comments but i can wait until later. Okay, commissioner johns. Has there been a presentation of this item to the commission before i arrived . There hasnt . I guess im surprised about that and was expecting that today, that there would be a presentation in order to, that we can look at the environmental document in context and particularly environmental documents, while absolutely critical to the understanding of the project, they can be kind of mechanical and kind of functional and what you miss is an overall vision for what were trying to achieve here. Because this is a huge change in the city, its very exciting but lets say i was expecting a presentation. And the other question i have, at some point i think it would be im
Compatible with the historic structure while being clearly differentiated will not result in the removal of historic fabric and the historic character of the landmark building will be preserved. The new kiosk will have nonhistoric material and will be configured to retain the arches, columns and Spatial Relationships that characterize the north arcade. Installation of the new retail kiosks will allow the full width of the arcade to be more visible than is the case with the existing steel storage structures and a 10 foot wide corridor will be maintained the length of the arcade to provide continuity with the historic circulation patterns. The proposed design utilizes materials that are characteristic of the building and employs a design aesthetic that is clearly contemporary but does not compete with the Architectural Expression of the arcade or the embarcadero facade of the Ferry Building. In order to ensure that the details of the design are consistent with the character and visible q
Off the site. Why was that a criteria . Did you consider moving it within the 5m site . This is something we can respond to in writing in the comments and responses document and i believe what you are ruefr r referring to is the alternatives considered but rejected section. We will provide some more detail in response to your question in the cr anything else . I have a lot of comments but i can wait until later. Okay, commissioner johns. Has there been a presentation of this item to the commission before i arrived . There hasnt . I guess im surprised about that and was expecting that today, that there would be a presentation in order to, that we can look at the environmental document in context and particularly environmental documents, while absolutely critical to the understanding of the project, they can be kind of mechanical and kind of functional and what you miss is an overall vision for what were trying to achieve here. Because this is a huge change in the city, its very exciting