So it seems the Connecticut Supreme Court overturned that state's gay marriage ban. Wow. Maybe all these states putting an unconstitutional discriminatory law on the books is actually speeding up the process rather than slowing it down?
On that note, in November, in between sessions of furious nail-biting while I watch the presidential election results come in, I'll be keeping one eye on California.
Gays have been marrying in California for about four months now, and the state doesn't seem to have crumbled into the sea, and the rivers still run with what appears to be water. Hopefully this will convince California voters to vote no on Proposition 8, which would ammend the state's constitution to explicitly ban gay marriage. (Supposedly, this would not work retroactively -- which means George Takai is safe. But still.)
Polling shows a tight race on Prop 8, so don't forget to pester all your California friends and relatives to vote "no". As we see it, California tends to lead the way in American equal rights progress; if they're not ready for gay marriage, we can't imagine the rest of the country is. But if California votes down Prop 8, that could be a very good sign for the future of equal rights in this country.
We have a measure on the ballot here in the Sunshine State (constitutional amendment #2) that would define marriage as between one man and one woman. I'm guessing it will pass despite a political sea-change in favor of the Democrats and toleration among Floridians.
Is this really that important? If They take away Sulu's marriage he'll just fly some whales back in time to re-do the vote.