I haven’t had time to post any of the California marriage awesomeness lately, but I couldn’t pass this Union Tribune article up: San Diego County issued a record 230 marriage licenses today and performed 144 wedding ceremonies on the first day gay and lesbian couples were allowed to marry in San Diego. County officials did [...]
Posted by Chris in Law, News, Sexuality on June 18th, 2008 | Comments Off
It might just be a temporary victory, but today the California Supreme Court overturned a ban on gay marriage that was voted into law (as Proposition 22) back in 2000. Domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage, the justices ruled 4-3 in an opinion. The cases were brought by the city of [...]
Posted by Chris in Law, News on May 15th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Argh. It’s official: The Bush administration has given up on even pretending they’re subject to the rule of law.
Posted by Chris in Crime, Government, Law, Politics on July 2nd, 2007 | Comments Off
Looks like New York is still making halting steps forward on same-sex marriage rights: Gov. Eliot Spitzer proposed legislation on Friday that would make New York the second state in the country to legally sanction same-sex marriage, fulfilling a longtime pledge to supporters of gay rights. Mr. Spitzer has acknowledged that he does not expect [...]
Posted by Chris in Culture, Law on April 27th, 2007 | Comments Off
Karen is too tired to post this article from the Seattle P-I: Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced an initiative that would put a whole new twist on traditional unions between men and women: It would require heterosexual couples to have children within three years or else have their marriages annulled. I can’t wait to [...]
Posted by Chris in Culture, Law, Uncategorized on February 6th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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