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15 May 2008 01:35 pm
Equality In California
Yes: the court just ruled for it - sixty years after California's court was the first to strike down miscegenation bans. The most populous state now joins much of the rest of the Western world in bringing gay couples into the civic and human family as equals. More soon on the decision itself. One key fact: the ruling takes effect in 30 days - which means thousands of couples will be able to marry long before any initiative attempts to reverse it. So the initiative question becomes: do you want to divorce thousands of already-married couples? Or do you want to keep things as they now are? That's a big advantage for the pro-equality forces. Money quote:
Ed Harrington, the general
manager of the city's Public Utilities Commission, was one of the staff
members in the mayor's office shortly after the decision was released.
Harrington has lived with his partner for 35 years and in 2004
Harrington married about 40 same-sex couples.
"You wait for this your whole life," said Harrington, who said he
planned to call his partner and say, "I love you. What more do you say
on a day like this?"
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