Same-Sex Marriage Legalized in California.

w00t!

Same-sex marriage has FINALLY been legalized in California. From the New York Times:

The California Supreme Court, striking down two state laws that had limited marriages to unions between a man and a woman, ruled on Thursday that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. The 4-to-3 decision, drawing on a ruling 60 years ago that struck down a state ban on interracial marriage, would make California the second state, after Massachusetts, to allow same-sex marriages.

It’s about time! Separate-but-equal DOESN’T WORK… and it’s been proven time and again.

““This decision will give Americans the lived experience that ending exclusion from marriage helps families and harms no one,” said Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry, who noted that same-sex marriages were legal in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa and Spain. Opponents said they expected the proposed ballot initiative, which has been submitted to election officials with more than one million signatures, to pass in November.”

I’m proud to be Californian again… unless, of course, the religious bigots hell-bent on oppressing people who harm no one get their way. We can’t let that happen! Keep Same-sex marriage legal in California!!! Keep equal rights!!!