Friday, May 16, 2008

Gay Marriage Now Legal in California?


Photo of Matthew Rhys as Kevin Walker from Wikipedia

The Gay Thing is usually trotted out in every election season these days, but has to this point barely made a ripple. That just possibly might change now that it would appear that gay marriage is legal in California. While I think it is a great development--and long overdue--I do worry that the timing was unfortunate. We've waited this long, couldn't we have waited for, I don't know, December?

One of my favorite shows, Brothers & Sisters on ABC, featured the union of two of its central gay characters just this past weekend. Because marriage was not yet legal, they got "committed," which was a pretty good joke. Maybe next season they can do it up right.

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Calif. justices rule for same-sex marriage

California's Supreme Court declared gay couples in the nation's most populous state can marry -- a monumental but perhaps short-lived victory for the gay rights movement Thursday that was greeted with tears, hugs, kisses and at least one instant proposal of matrimony. . .

Read more at: Planet Out

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