The Fish Wrapper suggests that same-sex weddings may generate as much as $370 million over the next three years for California’s economy. That’s a good reason for anyone to like the new law — it’s nearly as much money pumped… Continue Reading
Assume that Columbia, Deseret, and Utopia are all states within the United States of America. Now let’s say that the state of Columbia has a law on its books that says marriage licenses will not issue to first or second… Continue Reading
I don’t precisely know why the decision of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in 2004 to require same-sex marriages did not get a reception like this year’s decision of the California Supreme Court to do exactly the same thing.… Continue Reading
This morning, the Field Poll released data suggesting that registered voters in California, by a 51% – 42% margin, support the idea of same-sex marriage. This is about an exact reversal of the gap that the Fish Wrapper reported last… Continue Reading
The Fish Wrapper can barely conceal its partisanship in the upcoming same-sex marriage initiative fight. You can tell that from reading the headline and the first paragraph of its article reporting on its findings in its poll about the issue.… Continue Reading
What I’m going to do here is try to condense the 116 pages of legal opinion, dense with legal citation, historical research, and policy analysis, that makes up the majority opinion of the Marriage Cases. I realize that this post… Continue Reading
I’m still very pleased about the ruling in the Marriage Cases and anxious for time to read and digest the whole thing. Looks like I’ll have to wait until tonight. It really makes me proud to be a Californian and… Continue Reading
The constitutional amendment initiative to undo today’s ruling has been in circulation for some time now. The text of the proposed initiative may be found on the last page of this file, and it would add a new Section 7.5… Continue Reading
The entire opinion — 175 pages — can be read here, at the Supreme Court’s website. I’m at work and I have some things to finish today, so at the moment I don’t have time to read the whole thing… Continue Reading
The California Supreme Court has announced that at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, it will publish its decision in the Marriage Cases. May 15, 2008, could be a very significant date in California’s legal history. May 15 is already a significant date… Continue Reading