"If marriage means everything, it means absolutely
nothing." Dr. James C. Dobson, of Focus on the Family.
"The extension of the Common Benefits Clause to acknowledge
plaintiffs as Vermonters who seek nothing more, nor less, than legal
protection and security for their avowed commitment to an intimate and
lasting human relationship is simply, when all is said and done, a
recognition of our common humanity." Chief Justice Jeffrey L. Amestoy, of the Vermont Supreme Court
in a decision that led to the legalization of civil unions in Vermont.
"A loving man and woman in a committed relationship can marry.
Dogs, no matter what their relationship, are not allowed to marry. How
should society treat gays and lesbians in committed relationships? As dogs
or as humans?" Posting to an Internet mailing list; used by permission
of the author.
"... They went running down the hall of their preschool singing 'Mommy and
Mama are getting married.' And they looked at me with such happy eyes." Comment
by Beth Hillman, a professor at the University of California Hastings
College of the Law in San Francisco, CA after she told her two daughters at
school about the California Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage.
"As California goes, so goes the nation." Ancient adage of
unknown origin.
Overview:
After one proposition, many lawsuits, a pile of bills passed by the Legislature, some vetoes by
the governor, and attempts to revise the state constitution, the California Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage on
2008-MAY-14. California became the second state to do so, after Massachusetts.
Same-sex couples began marrying on 2008-JUN-16. An initiative is underway to
overturn the court decision by revising the state Constitution so that, once
more,
loving, committed same-sex couples would not be permitted to marry.
