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May 15, 05:32 pm: And the change is closer
CA Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban:
The California Supreme Court has overturned a gay marriage ban in a ruling that would make the nation’s largest state the second one to allow gay and lesbian weddings.
The justices’ 4-3 decision Thursday says domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage. Chief Justice Ron George wrote the opinion.
The city of San Francisco, two dozen gay and lesbian couples and gay rights groups sued in March 2004 after the court halted San Francisco’s monthlong same-sex wedding march.
The case before the court involved a series of lawsuits seeking to overturn a voter-approved law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
As the kids say: w00t!
Sarah
Sweet photo! We’re excited here in Chicago, and wish we could have been in CA to celebrate the victory. Here’s my little post about it.