[Vision2020] Sometimes the Good Guys Win . . . For the Right Reasons

[Tom Hansen]

"Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men
and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows
Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution
the notion that opposite sex couples are superior to same-sex couples.
Because California has no interest in discriminating against gay men and
lesbians, and because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its
constitutional obligation to provide marriages on an equal basis, the court
concludes that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.

 

Because Proposition 8 is unconstitutional under both the Due Process and
Equal Protection Clauses, the court orders entry of judgment permanently
prohibiting the official defendants [state of California] from applying or
enforcing Proposition 8."

 

- U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker upon ruling against California's
Proposition 8 that bans same-sex marriages (August 4, 2010)

 

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/la-mew-prop-8-judge-exer
pts-20100805,0,7957358.story?track=rss

 

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

 

Tom "free to be you and me" Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

"Bless his heart."

 

- 85-year-old Phyllis Lyon, whose lifelong partner Del Martin died in 2008
(56 years after she and Lyon joined together in a lasting lovers' union)
upon hearing of federal Judge Vaughn R. Walker's ruling on Proposition 8, 

 

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