The California Supreme Court Gets it Right

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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