“California’s ban on gay marriage goes to trial on Monday in a federal case that plaintiffs hope to take all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and overturn bans throughout the nation.
Victory for gay rights groups in the Supreme Court, which might not choose to take the case if it is appealed that far, would make marriage a fundamental constitutional right without exception and overturn laws and state amendments limiting marriage to a man and a woman in 40 states.
A loss in the top court, two ranks above the action that starts on Monday, would derail efforts to win in state courts that have been a hallmark of the gay rights movement thus far.
The case begins in a San Francisco court presided over by District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker, who clearly enjoyed preliminary sessions, joking with lawyers between barrages of pointed questions.”
Read more at Reuters (thanks SonOfSam)
Here’s hoping for a big victory for gay rights. This is the first court case that I’m going to be paying real attention to.
/agree with Host
But I would have said let’s hope for a big victory for human rights.
Just reading the comments under this article on the Reuters website really angered me. Why is it that people think that they can impose their views and beliefs on other???
There is no way that the majority should have been allowed to affect the rights of the minority. When you look at the way the vote turned out, 49% is a VERY big minority!
You would have thought history would have taught people…..first the fight for gender equality, then the fight for racial equality…….why have we found ourselves here again, having to fight for equality, again!?!?!