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One Of The Reasons I Love California...

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Is that on occassion....NOT ALWAYS....but on occassion, our California Supreme Court actually gets things right.

I was at work yesterday when I heard the news:

SAN FRANCISCO - California's Supreme Court declared gay couples in the nation's biggest state can marry ? a monumental but perhaps short-lived victory for the gay rights movement Thursday that was greeted with tears, hugs, kisses and at least one instant proposal of matrimony.

Same-sex couples could tie the knot in as little as a month. But the window could close soon after ? religious and social conservatives are pressing to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November that would undo the Supreme Court ruling and ban gay marriage.

I'm hoping the right-wing religious nutbags are not successful in their attempt to convince voters that gay marriage is something that they should worry is destroying America. Honestly, I'm still not sure why most people get married anyway but if its what you want...Why not!

I just can't imagine that the gay & lesbian community in California is going to f*ck up this "sanctity of marriage" thing any worse than those who are straight have already managed to do on their own.

It can only get better, no?

Full post as published by Of a Public Defender's Life on May 16, 2008 (boomark / email).