It has been just over a year since the controversial Proposition 8 passed in California and imposed a moratorium on same-sex marriages here. At no time since its passage in the November 2008 election however, has the initiative and surrounding legal turmoil been out of the news or far from anyone’s minds.
Criticized across the globe as a violation of civil rights, yet echoed in subsequent battles in states across our nation, the fight continues in the current Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial. Judge Walker’s decision to give the parties a two-week hiatus to review the evidence before delivering closing arguments in the case means an even longer wait for those in California seeking some glimmer of hope that their civil rights might someday soon be restored.
As the lives of the people sit once again in the hands of the Justices, we take a look back at the historic California Supreme Court decision that briefly granted marriage equality to our state’s gay and lesbian couples…Read More