# California SC overturns gay marriage ban **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459 "2008-05-15T17:22:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/1 "2008-05-15T17:22:09Z")
Announced about five minutes ago: > [@](#): > > The California Supreme Court has overturned a gay marriage ban in a ruling that would make the nation’s largest state the second one to allow gay and lesbian weddings. > > The justices’ 4-3 decision Thursday says domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage. Chief Justice Ron George wrote the opinion. [Full article](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/05/14/state/n111151D62.DTL) ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/2 "2008-05-15T17:22:34Z")
[WOOHOOO!!](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/15/BAGAVNC5K.DTL) They just interrupted my depressing phone conference about the governor’s budget cuts to tell us. California finally lives up to its tolerance reputation. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/3 "2008-05-15T17:23:12Z")
Two thumbs up from the Great White North. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/4 "2008-05-15T17:27:07Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Two thumbs up from the Great White North. [/QUOTE] :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/5 "2008-05-15T17:27:45Z")
:eek: I’m absolutely shocked. I never thought they’d do it! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/6 "2008-05-15T17:27:59Z")
I’m sitting here at work unsure if I’m about to laugh or cry. This is just amazing. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/7 "2008-05-15T17:30:52Z")
:eek: :eek: I can’t believe it! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/8 "2008-05-15T17:32:43Z")
Congratulations! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/9 "2008-05-15T17:36:25Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] This is just amazing. [/QUOTE] No shit… when’s the last time you saw any common sense come out of CA? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/10 "2008-05-15T17:43:16Z")
This is great! Most of the Justices are Republican appointees, so I had my doubts as to what they would do. Today, I’m particularly proud of my SDMB name. I just hope the voters do the right thing with the proposed Constitutional amendment to limit the definition of marriage. Does anyone have a link to the actual opinion? ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/11 "2008-05-15T17:44:30Z")
You know, as much of an animus as I hold for Cali I have to admit that sometimes they do the right thing. This is fabulous news, and I hope it gives Oregon the kick in the pants it needs to overturn our Constitutional “One Man, One Woman” bullshit amendment. Bet there’s gonna be a stampede to City Hall in San Francisco pretty quick! Roxxorz 2 teh maxxorz, w00t! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/12 "2008-05-15T17:47:14Z")
[This article](http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=2992) has a link to the opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/13 "2008-05-15T17:47:17Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] I’m sitting here at work unsure if I’m about to laugh or cry. This is just amazing. [/QUOTE] Ditto. 🙂 Unfortunately, it’s far from over as the article goes on to say: > [@](#): > > But it could be overturned in November, when Californians are likely to vote on a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages. Conservative religious organizations have submitted more than 1.1 million signatures on initiative petitions, and officials are working to determine if at least 694,354 of them are valid. Should it pass, I have absolutely no clue where we’d go from there. I do know everyone in the organization is working extremely hard to get the vote out and combat the backward bigot vote. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/14 "2008-05-15T17:48:06Z")
Way to go, California! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/15 "2008-05-15T17:49:00Z")
Good for them. w00t! ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/16 "2008-05-15T17:49:28Z")
I now have a new budget item this year, to find and contribute my time and money (and sacred honor) to the campaign against this amendment. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/17 "2008-05-15T17:51:40Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] Does anyone have a link to the actual opinion? [/QUOTE] [Here’s the main page](http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/). First link. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/18 "2008-05-15T17:52:10Z")
Great news! Funny note: I had CNN television on when the breaking news came through - the anchor read part of the blurb and their on-air legal expert listened and they both thought the ruling went against gay marriages. They totally mis-read the statement and gave the wrong info. It was only when I logged onto MSNBC that I saw the correct interpretation of the ruling. A great day for California! ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/19 "2008-05-15T17:56:01Z")
I’m a little misty eyed right now. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459/20 "2008-05-15T18:05:40Z")
Congratulations! As a resident of Massachusetts, let me give you a little idea what things are like here as a result of gay marriage. First of all, the streets have not run red with blood. Not a drop as far as I can see. As a matter of fact, I’m looking out my window now and everything looks pretty good. A little cloudy perhaps, but I am given to believe that there are legitimate meteorological reasons for that. Secondly we don’t have any two headed babies or goats or anything like that. We do have a few unverified reports of cats and dogs living together, but considering that our two cats don’t get along at all, I’m reluctant to draw any conclusions. Finally, Godzilla is conspicuous by his absence. So if you guys can handle that, I think you’ll be OK. Good for you. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-sc-overturns-gay-marriage-ban/449459.md?page=2)