THIS IS IT. Gay Marriage Goes B4 Cali Supreme Court Today!

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Today, the California Supreme Court finally takes up the matter of gay marriage, and whether denying homosexuals the right to marry each other violates the California Constitution.

Woo vs. The State of California has had quite the tortured history since it was filed in state court several years ago by a lesbian couple who were denied a marriage license at the Beverly Hills courthouse. A gay couple who were denied recognition of their legal Canadian marriage joined the suit, and the suit was later joined by eight gay and lesbian couples who had their San Francisco marriages annulled by the state.

Conservative Republican Judge William Kramer ruled in favor of gay marriage back on March 14, 2005, citing the case of Perez v. Sharp, which struck down California’s anti-miscegenation laws. The ruling was reversed by the California Court of Appeal in a 2-1 decision ... and now, today, March 4, 2008, 10 days shy of 3-years since the original ruling in favor of gay marriage, the issue finally comes before the Supreme Court for the ultimate California determination of this vital civil rights issue.


The California Supreme Court is thought to lean conservatively, but the original ruling by Kramer demonstrates that conservatives can see the plain constitutional test for what it is.

Naturally, I fervently and passionately hope the Supremes do the right thing. Despite the religio-fundamentalist tilt in this country, the calendar remains at 2008. Even if gay marriage is legalized in California, it will be decades before it is made legal in the U.S., and still hundreds of years of bigotry and hatred lie before us until the spirit of the law follows the letter ... if the example of racial civil rights laws in this country provide a reasonable example.


This is a struggle for human rights and liberty as vital as any in the history of America and the World. The time has clearly come for the next positive step in this long process, with many more battles and countless heartaches and triumphs still to come.