Same Sex Marriage Now Legal in California
I heard from Lorien that same-sex couples can now get legally married in California. I knew the California Supreme Court had ruled that restricting marriage to the opposite sex was unconstitutional on the state level on May 15, but it took until 5:01 p.m. today (June 16) for that decision to stand. (for a discussion of the May 15 decision, see http://loveshade.org/blog/2008/05/california_may_accept_marriage.html)
California is the second state to do this, and several couples have gotten married there already.
Of course there's protests, calls for changing the law, etc. There's a California measure coming up for vote in a few months that would specifically ban same-sex marriage. And because U. S. states recognize marriage as defined by other U. S. states, it puts anti-gay-marriage states in something of a bind. This will probably beef up the idea of amending the U. S. Constitution to a "one-man, one-woman" marriage amendment. My friend Alden claims that marriage in the U. S. has never been controlled by the federal government, and this would put even more power in the hands of big wigs in Washington.
So what think? Should same-sex marriage be legal? Should the federal government be able to control marriage? For that matter, should the state government be able to control marriage? And what about governments of other countries?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage
(members of The Loveshade Family contributed to this report)
Comments
Who has the right to tell anyone who they should and shouldn't marry? Nobody should. If people want to get married, I don't care if it's two or three of whatever body type, let them.
Posted by: Plane Jane | June 18, 2008 03:49 AM
Again America is going against the Bible! Marriage is for one man and one woman like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. It was Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve!
Posted by: Christian Andy | June 18, 2008 03:19 PM
How do you explain that most of the great men in the Bible had more than one wife? Abraham, Isaac, Jacob-Israel, etc. Where does it say one man one woman? And it doesn't say married sex between same sex couples is wrong. It only say sex with anybody when you aren't married to each other is wrong.
Posted by: Tony Who's Christian | June 19, 2008 09:13 PM
As I already responded to a similar post by Christian Andy in http://loveshade.org/blog/2008/05/child_protective_services_mist.html , I won't repeat it here.
Posted by: Reverend Loveshade | June 25, 2008 12:52 AM
Why one man and one woman? Why not one man and four women? Or four women and one man?
Posted by: Georgie | June 25, 2008 06:41 PM
Same sex marriage is legal in South Africa and parts of the Netherlands, other places too. About time America catches up.
Posted by: Arnold Bats | June 27, 2008 07:06 AM
Let's do multiple marriage! I'm all for it! Why should it be illegal anyway?
Posted by: Polly Gamy | July 2, 2008 04:38 AM
I saw a man who was 84 and had 86 wives. Now that's a man!
Posted by: 90 Ain't Too Old | July 3, 2008 07:26 PM
What if I want to marry my donkey?
Posted by: Dr. Bigg Ass | July 5, 2008 07:10 PM
I got pregnant and didn't want to. I got married and didn't want to. If I could start over I would marry a woman.
Posted by: Pregnant Nancy | July 6, 2008 01:26 PM
The first state to do it is Massachusetts, which leads the way more than California ever does.
Posted by: Digger Gene | July 7, 2008 08:13 PM
Dr. Bigg Ass if you did you'd be married to an ass.
Posted by: Paul | July 8, 2008 12:13 PM
I saw a quote by your own Lorien Loveshade! She said "Stop laws against love." I agree!
Posted by: TawTew the Naturally Perfumed | July 12, 2008 02:59 AM
Does this mean I can marry Peter?
Posted by: Greg Brady | July 12, 2008 06:34 PM
A man shall not lie with a man! This is an abomination before God! If California doesn't rid itself of this evil, God will strike justice. A 9.0 Earthquake? Repent, California, before it's too late!
Posted by: Christian Andy | July 19, 2008 03:23 PM
You might want to think about moving to the 21st century, Christian Andy.
Posted by: Abigail Longtooth | July 21, 2008 02:19 AM
Can I marry Peter and Greg? Hey, how about the whole Brady Bunch, including Alice and the dog?
Posted by: Big Gary | July 21, 2008 04:26 PM
Does this mean I can marry my same-sex clone? Then I'd have babies just like me.
Posted by: Harold the Paranoid | July 26, 2008 06:34 AM
Take all the gays and lesbians and give them a big party. Let them marry each other, do what they like with each other.
Then leave all the hetero women to the rest of us guys! But save me a couple lesbians who are bi-curious!
Posted by: Rev. Bootie | July 29, 2008 04:38 AM
So California allows same sex marriage. Are they going to allow same sex divorce?
Posted by: Whatupkid | August 18, 2008 04:16 AM
It won't last long. Come November it will be all over.
Posted by: Heath Johnson | September 4, 2008 11:47 PM