California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban!!!!
In a 4 to 3 ruling today, the California Supreme Court has ruled that banning same sex marriages is unconstitutional. The approximately 146 page opinion, written by the Chief Justice, states that marriage is a basic and fundamental right for all persons regardless of whether they are opposite or same sex couples. The fact that the state has provided legal protections for same sex couples in the form of Domestic Partnerships is NOT enough and the state must allow same sex couples to get married.
As of the latest news report I have seen, it appears as though we will be able to get our marriage license and get married in 30 days.
Unfortunately, the battle is still not over. Fundamentalist right-wingers have already launched a campaign to put an anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment onto the ballot in November, although we have yet to learn if they have actually achieved the necessary number of valid signatures on their petitions.
I have to believe, however, that once we are able to get married in 30 days the general public is going to see by the November election that marriage in the state is not going to "fall apart" and will vote against any stupid amendment initiative that might show up.
More news later once they finish analyzing all the details in that huge opinion that came out of the court and we find out what exactly it means.
As of the latest news report I have seen, it appears as though we will be able to get our marriage license and get married in 30 days.
Unfortunately, the battle is still not over. Fundamentalist right-wingers have already launched a campaign to put an anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment onto the ballot in November, although we have yet to learn if they have actually achieved the necessary number of valid signatures on their petitions.
I have to believe, however, that once we are able to get married in 30 days the general public is going to see by the November election that marriage in the state is not going to "fall apart" and will vote against any stupid amendment initiative that might show up.
More news later once they finish analyzing all the details in that huge opinion that came out of the court and we find out what exactly it means.