May
15

A Baby Step Toward Marriage Equality

The California Supreme Court has just overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. Awesome – and about time.

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4 Comments Posted by spyderkl

4 Responses to "A Baby Step Toward Marriage Equality"

  • Deb says:
    May 15, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    I’ve already had a friend from out there invite us to move… *L*

    It’s a good day for our ‘family’ out there. *hugz*

  • spyderkl says:
    May 15, 2008 at 8:31 pm

    Yay! *hugs* I really hope that other states will follow in short order. But we’ll see.

  • protected static says:
    May 16, 2008 at 9:43 am

    I really hope that other states will follow in short order.

    I’m pretty hopeful, despite the initiative that’ll be on the CA ballot in November – this is a pretty conservative court, and they made it pretty clear that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation isn’t acceptable under the state constitution. Even if the anti-marriage amendment passes (no sure thing), the language of the ruling provides a lot of ground for the state to stop recognizing religious marriage, period, and redefining all marriages as civil partnerships.

  • spyderkl says:
    May 16, 2008 at 10:14 am

    Even if the anti-marriage amendment passes (no sure thing), the language of the ruling provides a lot of ground for the state to stop recognizing religious marriage, period, and redefining all marriages as civil partnerships.

    That would be a great thing for a lot of people, and would certainly take down the argument that “well, (insert your religion here) is against same-sex unions, so we won’t marry anybody”. It seems to work well in France. :-)