The California Supreme Court Gets it Right

by Hopeful Spirit on Thursday, May 15, 2008

It is a fab­u­lous day to be a res­i­dent of the great state of Cal­i­for­nia! Here is the head­line from the Sacra­mento Bee:


Gay mar­riage legal in Cal­i­for­nia, court declares

There are reports from all major media out­lets, of course, includ­ing the Los Ange­les Times.

I will write later in more detail about the court’s rul­ing. How­ever, the Court has ruled that the statu­tory lan­guage “lim­it­ing the des­ig­na­tion of mar­riage to a union ‘between a man and a woman’ is uncon­sti­tu­tional and must be stricken from the statute, and that the remain­ing statu­tory lan­guage must be under­stood as mak­ing the des­ig­na­tion of mar­riage avail­able both to opposite-sex and same-sex couples.”

The Court has also issued a writ of man­date “direct­ing the appro­pri­ate state offi­cials to take all actions nec­es­sary to effec­tu­ate our rul­ing in this case so as to ensure that county clerks and other local offi­cials through­out the state, in per­form­ing their duty to enforce the mar­riage statutes in their
juris­dic­tions, apply those pro­vi­sions in a man­ner con­sis­tent with” the Court’s decision.

I will extol the Lord at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.

My soul will boast in the Lord;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.

Glo­rify the Lord with me;
let us exalt his name together.

Psalm 34: 1–3

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{ 9 comments }

1 Denise Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 12:25 pm

Thanks for shar­ing this, be blessed.

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2 Gina Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 3:32 pm

Happy TT to you today.

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3 Mindful Meditation Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 8:52 pm

Very excit­ing! Thanks for shar­ing the news today…

4 Viola Jaynes Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 4:56 pm

Dear Hope­ful Spirit, please keep our fam­ily in your thoughts and your prayers as we have just expe­ri­enced a tragedy. You can read the story on my site…but the three girls that are left behind are in shock and my husband’s aunt in very dis­traught. Thank you very much!

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5 SandyCarlson Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 3:37 am

Leave it to Cal­i­for­nia! I was happy about this too.

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6 Rasterbator Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 12:48 pm

Wow…
Never expected that any court will approve it..:o

7 jobs Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 10:52 pm

:shock:
cant believe that this was legal­ize.
good luck~

8 Camille Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 2:56 pm

I think, at best, I must not under­stand. You want us to glo­rify the Lord with you — and yet you agree with the CA Supreme Court chang­ing the def­i­n­i­tion of mar­riage? This is griev­ous to the Lord I am sure.

Bless­ings -
Camille

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9 Student Aid Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 5:54 pm

This is insane, but I’m happy with it

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