As I’m sure you know (unless you live under a rock or outside CA), the CA Supremes ruled on Prop 8 today. Essentially, they said Prop 8 would stand (bad news in my opinion) but that the 18,000 gay/lesbian marriages solemnized during the few months of 2008 would also stand (good news).
I’m no legal scholar but just for the record, while I understood the ruling in a legal sense, I was disappointed. Having worked in law for nearly 20 years, I do not have the confidence in the system that I had when I first began working in the field. I know there are absolute whack jobs on the bench who make rulings that wreak havoc…..and keep the Court of Appeals in business. And, I also know that guilty sometimes go free and the innocent are sometimes convicted. I just really do believe that the Judicial branch of the government exists to protect the minority from the malice of the majority. Having lived through 2 initiatives in this state aimed at absolute, unvarnished discrimination (malice) against the gay population (minority) and denial of their civil rights at the most basic and intimate level, I am disappointed that the nasties have essentially won again.
This particular battle may be lost, but the war is still waging. We’ll be at it again soon enough. And, I’m quite certain that the forces of darkness are even now gathering their forces and licking their chops in anticipation. Well, bring it. The bigots are old and dying off, it’s a matter of time. I’m just hoping it won’t be so very long.
