Prop 8 has been overturned!

FUCK YES!!!!

Hurray!

One thing that’s entrancing about this is that the federal judge who made the ruling is Vaughn R. Walker, a George H. W. Bush appointment.

Curse you and your short post. I almost published mine first but my attention to detail and information delayed me. Arr.In any case, this calls for a massive gay/lesbian orgy. You folks choose the venue, I’ll bring the photographic equipment.… What? It’s for a documentary about how triumphant euphoria affects psychology! Pervs.

The best part is the conclusion to the decision:”CONCLUSIONProposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. Because California has no interest in discriminating against gay men and lesbians, and because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its constitutional obligation to provide marriages on an equal basis,the court concludes that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.”The judge calls the Prop 8 advocates irrational bigots. I’ve never seen a more strongly-worded court decision, they tend to be a bit wishy-washy.

That is awesome. I’ve copied and pasted that conclusion to Facebook. :D

I support your efforts at outgaying yourself

If I had checked my email before my RSS feeds, I would’ve already known this, as my inbox is exploding with gay happiness. But I didn’t, so I heard it from you first!YAY!!!

Oh nos! My marriage is now destroyed. Oh wait a minute, nothing at all has changed in my marriage with this decision. Yay California!

YEEESSSSSSS!!!!1!ONE

They must have really pissed off the judge. Most judges tend to soft shoe that sort of thing unless something ticks them off.

There is a stay (until some legal mumbo-jumbo is processed), but hopefully it won’t last long! I think Judge Walker knows how urgent it is to get people back to marrying.

Congratulation USA! It’s been 5 years since Canada legalized Same-sex marriage nationally (individual Provinces have had legal marriages since 2001) Oddly enough our Country has not dissolved into a chaotic disaster, as far as I know nobody has even asked to marry their dog yet! /end sarcasmSeriously though I really hope that one day soon this debate will end.

This is wonderful news to wake up to. :)Makes me a bit embarrassed for my own country, though, when gay marriage can be legalised in AMERICA. We really need to lift our game and get into the 21st century.

Boy…I’m really on the fence about this one. Really on the fence. Not because I want Prop 8 to exist – the contrary…but as much as it might hurt to say it: this might be the wrong time for a SCOTUS case on whether or not anti-gay marriage legislation violates the Equal Protection or Due Process clauses of the 14th Amendment.Fuck…I better write about it.Edit: I did.

I’m equally pleased by this amendment. It made me feel bad when prop 8 passed (because I’m FROM California), and I’m glad that sanity has prevailed.

And yet here in Australia, in the middle of an election campaign, the supposedly “left” party has reaffirmed that the government will refuse to issue Non-Impediment to Marriage certificates to gay men and women wanting to get married overseas. Not because this fucked up country would recognise a same-sex marriage performed elsewhere, but just out of fucking spite.Cunts.So, my partner and I won’t be flying to California any time soon to get married. Sorry to rain on the parade, but if (some of) the US can do it then surely a less-religious country like Australia could pull it’s finger out as well.

The world seems like a better place this morning.Time to put CA back on the states-I’d-consider-living-in list.Yea!

I think the composition of the court right now is against us, but I think that a Supreme Court hearing is riskier for the fans of prop 8 than it is for us. If the court were to overturn the lower court’s decision it certainly sets an unpleasant precedent, but it would be quite narrow in impact, it wouldn’t overturn any other laws or decisions and legislation would still remain a viable route to change the law.OTOH, if the lower court ruling is upheld, that’s it, banning gay marriage is unconstitutional, game over. So there’s always a risk, but I say let the fools appeal, they take a much bigger risk than we do.

lol, yeah but that was before the whole gay marriage thing :-)

The best part is that now, you can do both at once. …I mean, even moreso than ever.