Well, California should be ashamed of itself, letting
Iowa beat it to making same-sex marriage legal. The ruling stated that:
"We are firmly convinced the exclusion of gay and lesbian people from the institution of civil marriage does not substantially further any important governmental objective. The legislature has excluded a historically disfavored class of persons from a supremely important civil institution without a constitutionally sufficient justification."
Big surprise that there were no constitutional grounds for the ban, right? And again with the people I simply don't understand:
Diane Thacker’s eyes filled with tears as the ruling was read to a crowd opposed to gay marriage that had gathered on the north side of the judicial building.
“Sadness,” she whispered. “But I’m prayerful and hopeful that God’s word will stand.”
Thacker said she joined to group “because I believe in the marriage vow. I can’t see it any other way.”
And why doesn't she feel that the "marriage vow" would carry the same meaning for a same-sex couple as it would for an opposite-sex couple? "God's word", I guess.
