Wednesday, June 4, 2008

"California high court clears way for same-sex marriages to start June 17"

"The California Supreme Court today rejected a bid to freeze last month's ruling legalizing gay marriage, paving the way for same-sex couples to begin walking down the aisle as soon as June 17.

"Moving swiftly to remove legal uncertainty, the court turned away a request from gay marriage foes to stay the ruling until after the November election, when voters will consider a ballot measure that would change the state Constitution to again outlaw same-sex weddings. The secretary of state earlier this week qualified the initiative for the November ballot."

[For the full article, see here.]

The more that well-known personalities and others from both California and the rest of the nation who are in a same-sex relationship and want to make a lifetime commitment to each other take imminent advantage of these marriage rights in California, the less likely it will be that the amendment that seeks to define "marriage" as being only between a man and a woman that will appear on the November California ballot will be defeated.

CHECK OUT THIS LINK FOR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN CALIFORNIA.
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