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Title: A Victory for Equality: California Affirms the Freedom to Marry (blog/commentary
Post by: Natasha on May 16, 2008, 04:43:09 PM
A Victory for Equality: California Affirms the Freedom to Marry

Link (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannon-minter-and-kate-kendell/a-victory-for-equality-ca_b_101938.html)
5/15/2008

"History was made today when the California Supreme Court ruled that
lesbian and gay couples have a fundamental right to marry under the
state's constitution. The decision, grounded in the California
Constitution's promises of equality and due process, means that
same-sex couples who wish to commit themselves to one another, to
honor and protect one another, may do so through marriage."