[This is a major victory! Thankfully, public pressure has made the California Supreme Court take the right stand. This decision that "domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage" is to the left of Obama and Clinton, both of whom oppose Gay/Lesbian marriage. -Steven Argue]
May 15, 2008
California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 1:05 p.m. ET
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The California Supreme Court has overturned a ban on gay marriage, paving the way for California to become the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry.
The justices released the 4-3 decision Thursday, saying that domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage in an opinion written by Chief Justice Ron George.
The cases were brought by the city of San Francisco, two dozen gay and lesbian couples, Equality California and another gay rights group in March 2004 after the court halted San Francisco's month-long same-sex wedding march that took place at Mayor Gavin Newsom's direction.
May 15, 2008
California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 1:05 p.m. ET
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The California Supreme Court has overturned a ban on gay marriage, paving the way for California to become the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry.
The justices released the 4-3 decision Thursday, saying that domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage in an opinion written by Chief Justice Ron George.
The cases were brought by the city of San Francisco, two dozen gay and lesbian couples, Equality California and another gay rights group in March 2004 after the court halted San Francisco's month-long same-sex wedding march that took place at Mayor Gavin Newsom's direction.
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Re: California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban
Fri, May 16, 2008 - 10:41 PMThe California Supreme Court has ruled that gays have a constitutional right to liberation, entitling them to legal promiscuous public sex.
Now that would be liberating, compared to permission to imitate an ancient biblical patriarchal heterosexual institution . My 2 cents.-JTF -
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Re: California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban
Sat, May 17, 2008 - 12:01 AM
I hear you Jerry.
I'm all for promiscuous sex amongst those who enjoy it.
And as an atheist, I'm not big on ancient biblical traditions.
Yet, for couples who wish to marry, there are certain benefits that marriage gives that are important.
Visitation rights of relatives versus non-relatives who are sick is one of these.
Work benefits are another. Some of those benefits, like healthcare, should already be there through socialized medicine, but….
As long as heterosexual couples are given such unequal rights under conditions as they currently exist, we have a problem of inequality that shouldn’t be there. This is what makes this a victory in my opinion. It doesn’t mean Gays/Lesbians should get married, it means that right will be there if chosen.
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