Dan Bucatinsky: More Than I Can Chew
Families can be families in California
Filed under: Gay Parenting, Sex
The California Supreme Court has just ruled that the state has no business checking what's in your pants before allowing you to get married. Yep, my beloved home state has decided that love, not sex, is what counts when making a long-term, if not lifetime, commitment to another. This makes California the second state (after Massachusetts) to allow anyone to marry.This is wonderful news for the families that have, up until now, had to try and explain why a child's parents can't get married when other parents can. It also sends a positive message to kids that love does not equal sex -- sex can be a part of love, but it's not the only, or even the most important, part.
In reality, the decision (PDF) appears to be limited to saying that you can't call a legal relationship "marriage" for one group and "domestic partnership" for another, solely because of gender and sexual orientation, but the implication is that marriage is for everyone. This is, most certainly, a great step forward.
I suspect I may be going to some weddings in the near future. If this ruling has opened up a new possibility for you and your partner, I can, from experience, heartily recommend Stern Grove here in San Francisco as a wonderful location for a wedding. (Happy anniversary, Rachel! What a wonderful present!)
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5-18-2008 @ 3:50AM
eugene said...sam depecan;
How sad for you, no one is telling you who you can or can't marry. No one is denying your humanity or you as a person... not in the way you're denying others. So what if two guys or gals get married? How does that affect you? How does it detract from your marriage? It doesn't.
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5-21-2008 @ 11:45AM
Sam DePecan said...I have always been told who I am eligible to marry, just by way of the definition of the word, MARRY. I still realize though that if I am afflicted with something, re-writing definitions is not going to cure me of any kind of affliction. Put it in terms of traffic-on-the-street . . . Is re-painting the red STOP sign green going to increase the gas-mileage of your vehicle? This is how political games can distort the truth and have others believe in a whole different image. Many times the truth is distorted way-beyond imagination. BTW, my mom got quite upset with me when I was at the age of 6 and I told her that I was planning to someday marry my cousin, Sally; whom I just absolutely adored. I quickly learned about the rules regarding marrying cousins, etc. Needless-to-say, I have been following rules ever sense. That Sally is a grandmother now, and she is still a chunk-of-lov'n as far as I am concerned. Of course, Sally's still my cousin. Rules might suck! ... That's for sure . . . But let's don't be re-painting any STOP signs for political gain or any other political venture . . . Or hi-jacking words from out of the Websters, either. It's stupid. Don't be stupid!!!
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