May 15, 2008 - California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban
In a 4-3 decision, the justices rule that people have a fundamental 'right to marry' the person of their choice and that gender restrictions violate the state Constitution's equal protection guarantee.
The 4-3 ruling declared that the state Constitution protects a fundamental "right to marry" that extends equally to same-sex couples. It tossed a highly emotional issue into the election year while opening the way for tens of thousands of gay people to wed in California, starting as early as mid-June.
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I took the following comment from another site:
May 15, 2008, Cal
2177. I will never understand why someone cannot love anyone of the opposite sex enough to marry them. Now we are letting our children see that sexual attraction is the most important aspect in a marriage because we can love BOTH men and women as people and value their friendship but only one can please us SEXUALLY. I just don't understand it, maybe that is why I say NO COMMENT
Submitted by: Confused12:06 PM PDT, May 15, 2008
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Salty's revised response to the above by Confused.
To Confused and all the other heterosexuals who don't understand. You don't need to understand my sexuality. I am an American citizen and so by law I am entitled to the same rights that you have. Even more than that, I am an adult human being who don't need you or anyone else dictating my life. Can you understand that.
Looking back over history it seems that traditional marriage had little to do with people getting married because of love and sexual attraction. People have gotten married to unite kingdoms and tribes. Parents have arranged for their children to marry before they could walk. There have also been shot-gun marriages. So it might seem like a strange concept that some people get married because they actually love and desire each other. We have many people in our lives that we love. Are we to marry the one we like/love the most but have so sexual feelings for as long as they are the opposite gender? If sex was not meant to be enjoyed, then why don't humans have a specific time for mating? If sexual desire is to be factored out of marriage then best friends of the same gender should be able to get legally married and have the same rights as married couples of the opposite gender. Why does anyone get married at all? For companionship? Don't need to get married for that. Heck, don't need to get married to have babies. Heterosexuals who got married but are not in-love and desire with their spouse made that choice and should not take it out on homosexuals who dare to face adversity to be who we are -- sexual beings who want the whole package. Heterosexual's can't even give a good reason why they oppose legal marriage for homosexuals. And using the Bible is not a reason because my belief is just as valid. And heterosexuals shouldn't be using God's name to justify denying me equality. Just how hard can it be to reason that no one person or group should have the right to deny another adult the right to legally marry -- deny anyone their CIVIL RIGHTS.
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