the LA Times concludes:

Even with the court upholding Proposition 8, a key portion of the court's May 15, 2008, decision remains intact. Sexual orientation will continue to receive the strongest constitutional protection possible when California courts consider cases of alleged discrimination. The California Supreme Court is the only state high ( Read more... )

so it seems California can't even cleanly decide the gay marriage issue. instead we have a ruling that violates the equal protection clause 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No ( Read more... )

from the NY Times Op-Ed:

...I've been legally female since 2002, although the definition of what makes someone "legally" male or female is part of what makes this issue so unwieldy. How do we define legal gender? By chromosomes? By genitalia? By spirit? By whether one asks directions when lost ( Read more... )

You make a taunting gesture at Congress. Bring it!

Washington DC city council has voted to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other US states ( Read more... )

from SF Gate:

...Frequently citing the California ruling, the Iowa justices said any law that denies equal treatment to a historically persecuted group, like homosexuals, is valid under the state Constitution only if it promotes an important, legitimate government goal. They said none of the goals cited in defense of the marriage law - tradition, ( Read more... )

You will be married within a year.

I guess that's good news for anti-prop-8 folks eh?

reading about the Prop 8 hearing... scrolling down, down, down to the bottom, to interesting quotes:

"If you're in the marriage business, do it equally. If you're not going to do it equally, then get out of the marriage business."- Michael Maroko, a lawyer for same-sex couples, replying to a question about whether the court should reserve the name ( Read more... )

prop 8 has passed.

all those people who are CA residents and got married?

HA! SCREW YOU, you now owe TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS to CA as of April 15 as your filing status oscillates just like a cesium atom in an atomic clock.

all those companies who followed the marriage rules and offered gay couples health insurance?WAHOO, you can RECOVER ( Read more... )

just remember, polls don't count, no matter how they spin the results. votes do.

Nearly half of all voters are voting early or by mail, and they narrowly favor Proposition 8 by a three-point margin, according to the poll. Among the 22 percent of respondents who have already voted, the yes side was leading by six points.

Balou was mostly crazy all day. I can't tell if, in the end, his force of chaos and destruction won any battles over my force of laundry and vacuuming. he did bite the vacuum at several points. but, he finally settled, and although I didn't get as much done as I anted, I did actually get some work done ( Read more... )