That’s the Appeals Court ruling on California’s same-sex marriage ban.
“Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples,” wrote U.S. Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt. “The Constitution simply does not allow for laws of this sort.”
We Shall Overcome … someday, and that day is getting closer.
A very big decision.
When is Gregoire going to sign marriage equity into law here?
I love when bigots’ heads explode.
Liberal Scientist @2
“When is Gregoire going to sign marriage equity into law here?”
Very soon…I believe the House vote is tomorrow.
Of course, the bigots will hold it up by putting a referendum on the ballot…
@3: And the decision today is precisely on point to make that referendum dead on arrival . . . though it will still take time to vote on it, sue on it, and appeal it to the 9th Circuit.
Facts in both are remarkably similar.