“Our state now recognizes that an individual’s capacity to establish a loving and long-term committed relationship with another person and responsibly to care for and raise children does not depend upon the individual’s sexual orientation,” George wrote for the majority. “An individual’s sexual orientation — like a person’s race or gender — does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold legal rights.”
– Los Angeles Times, “California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban”
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I was driving to campus to drop off my last term paper for the semester when I heard the decision. I cried, I did. You talk about these things in the theoretical, with hope but also with a grim understanding of maybe not yet, not this time, not today, not again. And then it is actually happening, and you’re sitting in your car, and you’re so happy that you’re choking back tears.
The fight isn’t over by any means, as there is a proposed ballot measure for the fall that could jeopardize the step that this crucial decision takes. But today, I want to dance in the street and marry every lovely queer girl I meet. How very gay, and now how very legal, of me.
Melissa’s posts at Shakesville on the Democratic presidential candidates’ reactions to the court’s decision are spot on. Bleh, indeed.
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The Center Advocacy Project: Freedom to Marry
Pam’s House Blend: “Breaking: The CA Supremes totally rule!”
The Bilerico Project: “California Supreme Court OKs Marriage for Gays - But It Ain’t Over Yet”
Gay & Lesbian Times: “Locals celebrate high court’s decision to overturn same-sex marriage ban”
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