California: Same-Sex Marriage O.K.

Well, now that’s a pretty big deal.  The largely Republican California supreme court has ruled that laws banning same-sex marriage in their state are totally gay:

In light of all of these circumstances we conclude that retention of the traditional definition of marriage does not constitute a state interest sufficiently compelling, under the strict scrutiny equal protection standard, to justify withholding that status from same-sex couples. Accordingly, insofar as the provisions of sections 300 and 308.5 draw a distinction between opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples and exclude the latter from access to the designation of marriage, we conclude these statutes are unconstitutional.

Awesome. If you’re the sort of person who likes to watch the news, C&L has some footage.

Comments

[Emily]

Call me jaded, but I think this is an attempt to get the right all riled up about same-sex marriage. It worked for the Republicans in 2004 and, combined with the racist scum element, might just work again. They're tricky bastards.

[Ice Black]

Yeah, especially with that Nazi/terrorist jab the President threw at Obama yesterday. I wonder how long he's been waiting to use that gem.