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same sex marriage,
As a Marriage and Family therapist, and Clinical Sexologist, I am thrilled to use this forum to address the news of this week, honoring and acknowledging Same Sex marriages in California.
In matters of love, marriage and relationship, we are all Gods children. This is spoken from a spiritual stance, not one of religiosity. My heart sings with joy and happiness for this decision in allowing full marriage rights for same-sex partners. Hello 21st century!!! May we move onward and forward.
In love and light...
Dr. Arlene G. Krieger
As quoted in Wikipedia, May 15, 2008:
"The status of same-sex marriage in California, known for its large gay communities and generally liberal political climate, has been an intensely debated political issue since the mid-1990s.
On May 15, 2008, the Supreme Court of California overturned the ban on same-sex marriage. The four-to-three decision made California the second state, behind Massachusetts, to allow full marriage rights for same-sex partners.
California had already permitted domestic-partner registration, a right similar to civil unions found in other states.[4] This grants "same-sex couples all state-level rights and obligations of marriage — in areas such as inheritance, income tax, insurance and hospital visitation" but does not apply to "federal-level rights of marriage that cannot be granted by states."
As quoted:
nytimes.com
SAN FRANCISCO — Gay and lesbian couples in San Francisco rejoiced on Thursday over a State Supreme Court decision affirming their right to marry even as political leaders on both sides of the issue girded for an extended fight over the ruling in the courts and at the ballot box.
Hundreds of people showed up at San Francisco City Hall, including some women in wedding dresses and at least one carrying an open bottle of Champagne.
“It’s just amazing to feel like I am a full citizen — I am not a second-class citizen,” said Christmas Leubrie, a nurse, who was with her partner, Alice Heimsoth, across the street from City Hall on the steps of the Supreme Court Building.
Gay rights organizations said the decision was a watershed moment for their movement, which has found greater societal acceptance in recent decades but continued opposition in some quarters toward same-sex marriage.
A bit of History:
California becomes the second state to allow same-sex unions, after Massachusetts. Forty-one states have laws prohibiting same-sex marriage, according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, a nonpartisan institute, while 27 states have constitutional amendments prohibiting same-sex marriage or defining marriage as a union between a man and a women.
Florida will vote on a constitutional amendment this fall, and Arizona is also considering putting the issue on the ballot.
The Thursday decision was cause for celebration for Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco, who set off a national debate over gay marriage in 2004 when he ordered the county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. More than 4,000 couples — from 46 states — married in 2004, though those unions were later invalidated by the courts.
Friday, May 16, 2008
A Day for Equality - Same Sex Marriages in California
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Live in N. Calif. Maybe I'm old school, but I don't get it. Bible says man and wife. What gives in this insane state? Gay? Ok. I can tolerate it. Married? Give me a break.
To anonymous in California,
Well, that is your opinion, and isn't it wonderful in this great country of ours, that you are indeed entitled to YOUR OWN OPINION!
Whether Gay or Straight...love is determined ultimatly by what and whom the heart desires...
morals are a great virtue and important but we live in a secular country in which my (Or your) personal morals have nothing to do with the law. the law is written in the constitution and all have the right right to the pursuit of happiness, and all have equal rights. easy, simple, no matter what u r i think
I have to agree fully with Dr. Arlene regarding morals and the law. Morals are a wonderful virtue, but, they have nothing to do with the law. At least not in this country (if you are in the U.S.). Now, if one wants to live in a country where morals DO rule the law, try Iran, Saudi Arabia, or maybe even Syria. You will have a blast and if your neighbor even looks at your spouse, off with the hand. Part-eeee! See how the U.S. is a bit different. Let me add that it appears we may be getting an African-American president. Even a decade ago nobody would believe it. So don't be surprised when the day comes (and it will come) that we have a gay president. What, then, if we lived in a "country of morals" rather than laws would happen? We would all be dictated to become gay (whether he won with a swing vote or not; that's not to be confused with a "swing both ways vote, either". That is how it works. By the way, I am straight, and I happen to find gay sex a bit of an oddity. But my opinion on it does not matter. What does matter is the strength of the Constitution of our great country. And when ANYone in our country is weakened for no justifiable reason, we all us lose power (even if our "morality ego gets boosted", the constitution is eroded in a big way. Don't let your morals (good or bad) interfere with laws that our founding fathers (brilliant men) wrote to make the creme (America) rise to the top, and other countries; like the aforementioned, stay in their little "moral isolated societies" like the archaic third world countries.
married 3 years. female 42. my second marriage; his first. we do not act like loves, but like competitors. we never had a friendship. i never knew how to build a close intimate friendship with a man (and he didnt with a woman). i try to communicate my needs but he censors me. he says i'm frigid. i'm not. more to the story of course but best i can describe it. do we need help?
gloria lansing, mi
Do they make green toys for men?
Sam Galveston, Tx
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