Just moments ago, the California Supreme Court overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage. The court held that "to the extent the current California statutory provisions limit marriage to opposite-sex couples, these statutes are unconstitutional."
The court ruled 4-3. Unless overturned by the US Supreme Court, gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry in California. The SF Chronicle reports that:
Outside the city clerk's office, three opposite-sex couples were waiting at 10 a.m. for marriage certificates. City officials had prepared for a possible rush on certificates by same-sex couples, but hadn't yet changed the forms that ask couples to fill out the name of the "bride" and "groom."
The case goes back to February 2004, when SF Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered the city clerk to issue marriage licenses to couples regardless of their gender because he doubted the constitutionality of the state marriage law. California's highest court just agreed with him.
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That's fantastic!
1A triumph for human rights! This is very exciting.
2I got chills when I heard them read it on t.v. Civil rights fights through the politics. Yay!!!
3Yay! I got all teary-eyed upon reading the news. A great day for civil rights!
4If Pamela Anderson and Paris Hilton can get married there is nothing "sacred" about marriage so why shouldn't gays and lesbians get married.
5Yes!! This is wonderful!
6And this is what makes living in California so amazing. Bella and I need a few moments to recover!
7It is a beautiful day here in San Francisco. I'm going to the Castro tonight to celebrate.
8I'm just worried about the ballot measure in November. It doesn't quite seem right that a majority should get together and decide what rights the minority can have--rights that the majority already has. . .I wish this particular human rights case had just been left to the courts, but I guess I have to hope that Californians can rise to the occasion, and see how important it is that we have true equality in our state!
9I think it's fantastic.
10Yay!
11Have a drink for me Hypno!
12This is great!
13Teehee I'll have three for you cine. LOL!
14Ha! Hypno you know me well!
15YAY!!!! Now maybe Brangelina will get married. Remember how they said they wouldn't marry until gay couples had that same right??? hahah...too much celeb gossip!
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YAY!
17Nica I DO remember that!
I think Charlize and Stuart said the same thing!
18Now if the rest of the states could realise this as well.
19We need a shot emoticon!
20Seriously, this is so freakin FANTASTIC!!! Finally, a decision from a high court that actually HELPS people and benefits them.
21YEah Nica! I bet they won't. They will say when it is nation wide.
22and uh, there was no pun to the dancing pickle, but now that i think about it, it is vaguely sexual...
23I haven't been around Citizen much lately b/c I'm on vacation in England and just don't have much PC time, but when I heard the news I had to pop over and celebrate with my fellow Sugars!
Hypnotic -- Throw back a few for me, too!
These people can't make a decent pina
collada to save their life!
I'm excited for so many reasons, but I think the thing that is making me the most happy right now is that my very best friend is very, very much a lesbian, and CA is her home state and she has been waiting for this day for so long it's not even funny.
I can't wait until the rest of America comes around or the US Supreme Court gets their !%^$ straight (or gay, as the case may be!).
24Woohoo! I never really understood in the first place why gays/lesbians shouldn't be able to get married. Hopefully, some more states will start implementing this.
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26YAYYYYYYYYYYYY!! Oh this is so exciting!
27Matdredalia: Girrrl where have you been? You've been missing all the fun around here.
28Well damn if I'm going to be having drinks for everone I should start now. LOL!
29brittanyk - A lot of people don't even realize it's an issue. For the most part, unless someone is either fighting for it or against it, they don't really give it much thought. I was ranting about it one day and my grandmother raised an eyebrow at me and said 'why do you care so much if gay people can get married? You are half gay, why aren't you happy that they can?'
I just blinked and said "They can't. That's the problem! It's illegal in our country!"
My grandmother looked like someone had just kicked her. She had NO idea that same sex marriage was illegal. She thought it became legal when they took homosexuality out of the psychological disorders list back in the 80's.
30I am very happy!
31Haha I was already going to be in the Castro with a bunch of gay guys tonight since it's my choir's rehearsal, but now I have the feeling it will be less practicing, more PARTYING!!!
32Hypnotic - I'm hanging out with the double decker buses and the crazy people who drive on the wrong side of the road! As fun as England is, yeah, I definitely miss the Citizen fun!
And I have a feeling that by the time you get all these drinks in you, you're going to be hopping up on the bar and singing 'It's Raining Men!' XD
(One of my best friends did that once....and then started making out with my cousin's fiance'...who denies it to this day).
33Hi Mat!
34Does anyone know how gays acquired the :rainbow: as their flag? Just curious, I like factoids.
35How do I do rainbow emoticon?
36Hey cine, this is what Wikipedia says about the the pride flag:
"The original gay-pride flag was hand-dyed by Baker F. Hate. It flew in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978. (However, it was not the first time that spectrum or rainbow colors had been associated with gay and lesbian people.[citation needed]) The flag consisted of eight stripes; Baker assigned specific meaning to each of the colours as follows:
* hot pink - sexuality
37* red - life
* orange - healing
* yellow - sunlight
* green - nature
* turquoise - magic
* blue - serenity
* violet - spirit"
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38That's weird that his last name was Hate.
39Thanks ladies!
I have a very dear friend who was in the navy and had a tattoo of a scull with a rainbow coming out. It had this whole significance to it, as he is an artist, but when he moved to San Fran everyone thought he was gay! It used to crack me up, because he was such a tough guy who sculpted monsters and sci fi creatures.
I think he got it altered
40I hope this spreads like wildfire across the US.
41I thought that as well, harmony.
Cine, he should have kept it the way it is--it sounds like an interesting little juxtaposition of the tough-guy persona and the rainbow tat!
42Hey Matdredalia!
43Wonder who the first gay celebs to get hitched under this new ruling will be.
44Well isn't the rainbow on Hawaiian license plates?
45Yah, I wish that the government felt like that in Texas. Thats a big wish though
Happy day for everyone who believes in having rights, no matter what they are.
46Very cool!
47Yeah, I told him the same thing Jude, but I think he got tired of people making fun of him. Especially our gay friends, were ruthless with him! It was so funny.
48Now that avatar puts me in the mood for a drink Briandiesel.
49That's too bad! What did he get it changed to?
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