Tigerwiccan

California's top court overturns gay marriage ban - Yahoo! News

And that was in a court where 6 out of the 7 judges were appointed by Republican governors. What a great day for freedom and equal rights in America!!!

tristanrobin

In a much-anticipated ruling issued Thursday, the California Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. California's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.





Several gay and lesbian couples, along with the city of San Francisco and gay rights groups, sued to overturn state laws allowing only marriages between a man and a woman.
"There can be no doubt that extending the designation of marriage to same-sex couples, rather than denying it to all couples, is the equal protection remedy that is most consistent with our state's general legislative policy and preference," said the 120-page ruling.
It said that the state law's language "limiting the designation of marriage to a 'union between a man and a woman' is unconstitutional, and that the remaining statutory language must be understood as making the designation of marriage available to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples."
With the ruling, California becomes the second state to allow same-sex couples to legally wed. Massachusetts adopted the practice in 2004, and couples don't need to be state residents to wed there.
Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Connecticut permit civil unions, while California has a domestic-partner registration law. More than a dozen other states give gay couples some legal rights.

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tristanrobin

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AlicornsPrayer

Yep, read that a bit ago...Was going to post the news myself, but everyone else beat me to it. LOL!

WTG California!!!

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highway80west

You guys were a little slow there. I posted it first.

http://www.defendingthetruth.com/cnn...ok-d-casc.html (Gay Marriage OK'd by CASC)

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tristanrobin

I didn't see it.

You're too speedy for us! LOL

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pensacola_niceman

I'm happy for you. It won't make one difference in my marriage. It certainly won't nullify anything regarding my marriage. It doesn't bother me one bit. Therefore, I wish to offer my congratulations. May the gay people find happiness with this.

Gary: not to worry, this presents no threat to you and the sanctity of marriage you hold so dear. The world is always changing. Sometimes those change result in a kick in the butt.

But, come on? Who really gives a shit, and what is it really hurting, to allow gay people to marry. Shouldn't they be subjected to the same misery as heterosexuals?

Tigerwiccan

Some people in California are still trying to put it on the November ballot to codify marriage as between a man and a woman. But we'll see if they even get enough signatures.

But now you can't deny that it is they who are trying to "redefine" marriage in California.

highway80west

Well, then you have to live out here in California. I stayed on top of it.

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highway80west

But Gary may start to worry a lot.

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