Yesterday was a very good day for Human Rights everywhere.
My beloved State Supreme Court has ruled that marriage between same gender couples is considered to be completely legal and that the same civil rights apply to all Californians.
From SFGate:
In a 4-3 ruling that elicited passionate responses on both sides of the debate and touched off celebrations at San Francisco City Hall – the scene of nearly 4,000 same-sex weddings four years ago that were invalidated months later – the court said the right to marry in California extends equally to all, gay and straight alike.
The state Constitution’s guarantees of personal privacy and autonomy protect “the right of an individual to establish a legally recognized family with the person of one’s choice,” said Chief Justice Ronald George, who wrote the 121-page majority opinion. He said the Constitution “properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil right to all Californians, whether gay or heterosexual, and to same-sex couples as well as opposite-sex couples.”
This is going to change how we process things like benefits in California and I’m sure there is going to be some scrambling on the part of those who provide insurance plans to California employers, but all in all I see this as a very good thing.
I love where I live.
Progress is too painfully slow.
While I consider myself to be devoutly and predominantly independently conservative, accolades are in order for the California Supreme Court.