The Los Angeles Times reports on the California Supreme Court 6-1 ruling in favor of upholding Proposition 8, and argues that the decision guarantees another ballot box battle over the right of gay men and women to marry legally in the state.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on the aftermath of Tuesday’s release of the ruling by the California Supreme Court to uphold the voter amendment to the state constitution known, innocuously as Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage, while upholding all eighteen-thousand gay marriage that took place between June, 2008, when the same court overturned a state-wide ban on same-sex marriage as being unconstitutional, and November 4th, 2008, when the proposition passed by a narrow margin. The mood, according to the Chronicle, was one of expected disappointment, most already assuming the court would not rule to overturn the will of the majority. Yet, there seems to be defiance, coupled with resilience, including Rick Schlosser, the executive director of the California Council for Churches, who filed a legal challenge to the proposition. Schlosser said the ruling “opens the door for discrimination against any majority.”
One Yana Kulinich, a student at American River College – the student council voted against marking the day of silence last month – was on hand to support the ruling, stating without a trace of irony that she was “really happy that Prop 8 was upheld, but I was just told by somebody that she’s going to harass me until the day I die. Now I’m really concerned for my safety.”
Courage Campaign , an online collective of progressive Californians, who have organized this Saturday’s Meet in the Middle event to take place in Fresno, California, has immediately launched a new television ad, in both English and Spanish, titled Fidelity, that illustrates the inherent love gay men and women feel , as well as underlining the effects of the court’s ruling.
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