California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban

'Bout GD time someone pulled their head out of their arse! Today, the California Supreme Court overturned the states ban on same sex marriage. Yeah, I know, everyone else seems to be talking about the legal implications and the possibility of a stronger US Supreme Court case, but give me a break. This is basic human rights and constitutionality. I could care less about your pithy religious beliefs, or "how you were raised," no one has the right to determine for me my sexual and/matrimonial preferences.

A few weeks ago, the lovable Mildred Loving passed away. For those that don't recognize the name, Mildred Loving was the name behind the case Loving v Virginia, which was the case that once and for all determined that it is, in fact, perfectly wonderful for people of different ethnicities to marry. Today, to almost all of us, it just seems silly that a white boy couldn't marry a black girl, or that a Hispanic boy couldn't marry an Asian girl. The case freed us to marry the person we love... with one powerful exception. If it happened to be a white boy that wanted to marry a African-American boy, well, that just wasn't right.

In June of last year, Loving wrote a note about the anniversary of her landmark case:

"The older generation's fears and prejudices have given way, and today's
young people realize that if someone loves someone they have a right to
marry...I believe all Americans, no matter their race, no matter their
sex, no matter their sexual orientation, should have that same freedom
to marry. Government has no business imposing some people's religious
beliefs over others. Especially if it denies people's civil rights."

I can't help but wonder when the rest of this great Country is going to figure this out? Is it simply that they have not suffered enough adversity that they show no sympathy? Is it because some aspect of areligion they believe, the same aspect that has rotted and festered into a cancer on the religion, tells them that it is "not right?"

Sadly, I don't really have the answer to those questions. But what I do know is that things are changing, and they're changing at an ever-increasing pace. People in my generation have an overwhelmingly affirmative view of sexuality and the fluid nature of human emotion. People in the older generation are starting to realize that they will soon have to rely on our kindness for their well-being. Thank you, California, for this next step. I'm sure that there will be opposition, but just as sure as I am of that, I am even more sure that we have righteous strength behind us and we will not be stopped!

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