So, a setback from the CA Supreme Court. It wasn't ever likely that they would overturn prop 8 - there wasn't a legal precedent to do it, and that's where the crux of the matter was. Am I surprised? No. Disappointed, slightly, but I had always assumed that this matter would be decided at the ballot box, which has a whole other set of issues regarding my freedom (or lack thereof) to decide my marital status with a consenting adult of either sex.
I expect serious movement on the marriage issue - I expect to see it at the ballot box next year during our election cycle. I *hope* public opinion on this issue will shift, given the *remarkably* different strategies the pro-gay marriage teams are utilizing, particularly the geographic shift of campaigning away from major urban areas (LA, SF) and the positive outreach to the faith communities.
That being said, and given my current situation, if the as-of-yet nonexisting ballot pro doesn't materialize, or loses at the ballot box *and* DOMA gets repealed, I have to say that I will HEAVILY consider moving out of state. Probably more than heavily consider. If that is my only option, I will almost certainly move out of CA to another state that allows gay marriage. (This is also assuming that UAFA *doesn't* make it through the legislative gauntlet in that time period, which it almost certainly will not.)
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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