Comments on: California Supremes Say Yes to Marriage Equality

By: SunnyNobility

SunnyNobility — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:05:58 +0000

No area of law more fraught than marriage — Church and State have mucked with it since time immemorial. Property rights and religious enthusiasm are a toxic combo and that will never change.

I say the only better timing would have been sooner!

By: SunnyNobility

SunnyNobility — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:39:20 +0000

Woo Hoo!!!!!

(((Teddy and Patrick)))

By: BargainCountertenor

BargainCountertenor — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:38:52 +0000

I know that things reach the court when they reach the court, and decisions are announced when they are announced.

But my tinfoil hat self looks at this timing and says, “Whaaaaat?!?”

The timing is just perfect for a God, Guns and Gays campaign by John McSame … and it’s going to tend to mobilize some wingnuts who might otherwise have stayed home.

If you’ll forgive a mixed metaphor the cat’s out of the bag, so I guess we need to make lemonade.

By: Larue

Larue — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:32:02 +0000

This is a good day on the planet.

It’s been a while since I could say I was PROUD to be a Californian.

Here’s a hat tip and a toast to all for which this means so much.

Geez, it’s almost like living in a normal world our here again . . . *G*

By: rwcole

rwcole — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:58:44 +0000

Wish this had happened BEFORE the election. When it happened in Massachussets it turned the national election into a dumb ass discussion of people marrying dogs.

By: Ehrenstein47

Ehrenstein47 — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:34:35 +0000

I just asked my boyfriend of 38 years to marry me. He said “Sure.”

Latest FaBlog: Marry, Mary

By: mui1

mui1 — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:35 +0000

The Governor of California, who has twice vetoed marriage equality bills passed by the legislature, will enforce today’s Supreme Court ruling
Umm, I know I am noone to talk because I come from a state that cannot seem to retire Shays and Liarman (& we will, just be patient), but *when* are you guys going to get rid of that robotic Gooper governor of yours? Is the “religious” faction in California that bad? I say “religious” because there are times I consider myself quite religious, and I consider same-sex marriage a positive step forward into the 21st century, whereas lately we seem to be going back to the 19th c. a la Upton Sinclair.

By: Redshift

Redshift — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:14:32 +0000

Virginia is similar. I suspect that damned amendment is going to be the only lasting achievement of the brief ten years of Republican control of the VA legislature. Through the long period from when public opinion no longer supports it to when there’s a strong enough movement to get rid of it, it’ll be an embarrassing relic, like the old ban on interracial marriage (or the not-so-old one in Alabama.)

By: RevDeb

RevDeb — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:49:35 +0000

coinky-dink of course.

By: JoeBuck

JoeBuck — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:42:17 +0000

Congratulations in advance on your marriage.