Getting Used to Gay Marriage: Why Californians Won't Reject Same-Sex Marriages Come November

Topix Gay News  Jun 10 08

Starting June 16, 2008 (at 5 pm to be precise), same-sex couples will be able to get married in California. This became clear after the California Supreme Court's June 5th refusal to grant a stay of its May 15, 2008 decision legalizing same-sex marriage. The chance for same-sex couples across America to get married in California may, however, be short-lived, as a group opposed to such marriages has placed a referendum on the November ballot in California which, if passed, would instantly amend that state's constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman. I predict this anti-gay marriage initiative will fail, in part because it will be preceded by almost five months of same-sex marriages in California. Full story...

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