california: yes!
"Same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday."
Right on, California! Welcome (back) to the club, which previously counted Massachusetts as its one lonely member. Now we just need 48 more members to sign up. A long way to go, but it's a good start.
This seems like a good time to post an excerpt from "Goodridge Vs. Department of Health" by Massachusetts Supreme Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, the ruling that legalized same-sex marriage here. This is one of my favorite bits of writing on marriage. If we could, I would include this in our ceremony:
"Marriage is a vital social institution. The exclusive commitment of two individuals to each other nurtures love and mutual support; it brings stability to our society. For those who choose to marry, and for their children, marriage provides an abundance of legal, financial, and social benefits. In return it imposes weighty legal, financial, and social obligations....Without question, civil marriage enhances the "welfare of the community." It is a "social institution of the highest importance." ...
Marriage also bestows enormous private and social advantages on those who choose to marry. Civil marriage is at once a deeply personal commitment to another human being and a highly public celebration of the ideals of mutuality, companionship, intimacy, fidelity, and family.... Because it fulfills yearnings for security, safe haven, and connection that express our common humanity, civil marriage is an esteemed institution, and the decision whether and whom to marry is among life's momentous acts of self-definition."
Northampton Pride 2008
update- Do your part to hold up this ruling: give your time/money/support to Equality for All. The right wing is already stepping in to turn it around. Can we play like the conservatives and call them anti-love? we should at least start calling gay marriage supporters pro-love. It's the kind of rhetoric Republicans are great at-- and the kind or rhetoric Democrats just don't do well at all.
Right on, California! Welcome (back) to the club, which previously counted Massachusetts as its one lonely member. Now we just need 48 more members to sign up. A long way to go, but it's a good start.
This seems like a good time to post an excerpt from "Goodridge Vs. Department of Health" by Massachusetts Supreme Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, the ruling that legalized same-sex marriage here. This is one of my favorite bits of writing on marriage. If we could, I would include this in our ceremony:
"Marriage is a vital social institution. The exclusive commitment of two individuals to each other nurtures love and mutual support; it brings stability to our society. For those who choose to marry, and for their children, marriage provides an abundance of legal, financial, and social benefits. In return it imposes weighty legal, financial, and social obligations....Without question, civil marriage enhances the "welfare of the community." It is a "social institution of the highest importance." ...
Marriage also bestows enormous private and social advantages on those who choose to marry. Civil marriage is at once a deeply personal commitment to another human being and a highly public celebration of the ideals of mutuality, companionship, intimacy, fidelity, and family.... Because it fulfills yearnings for security, safe haven, and connection that express our common humanity, civil marriage is an esteemed institution, and the decision whether and whom to marry is among life's momentous acts of self-definition."
Northampton Pride 2008 update- Do your part to hold up this ruling: give your time/money/support to Equality for All. The right wing is already stepping in to turn it around. Can we play like the conservatives and call them anti-love? we should at least start calling gay marriage supporters pro-love. It's the kind of rhetoric Republicans are great at-- and the kind or rhetoric Democrats just don't do well at all.
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