Gay Marriage? In My California?
OK, So by now everyone's heard about the thing in California, right? Legalizing gay marriage? Sort of?

I should be unabashedly happy about this. I shouldn't have reservations, or be conflicted.

But I do, and I am. See, in my mind, it comes down to what exactly the role of the judiciary branch of the government is supposed to be doing. Yes, it's there to protect the minorities from the tyranny of the majority, but isn't there also a sort of implied contract there, that states that judges interfere with the will of the majority only where that will directly interferes with the constitution?

I want to be clear here. I am totally in favor of any two consenting adults being able to celebrate their marriage to one another. I think if you, or your religion is uncomfortable with that, that you should choose, on a personal or religious level, to not recognise their marriage. I don't think that's the state's place.

Rerally, what this entire thing has been about is words. California allowed civil unions between same-sex couples, which afforded all the legal and state-level tax benefits of being married. They just weren't calling it marriage. Whatever. People get so hung up over that damned word. Anyways, this decision was that there was no earthly reason to define marriage as between a man and a woman., and that, really, who are we kidding anyways, we're already letting them get married, why not call a spade a spade*?

This isn't really a big deal at this point because of the marriage thing, at least in my mind. It's a big deal beacuse of the possible judical power abuse thing. Or maybe there wasn't any. I need a civics professor.





*I mean like the kind that you use to dig holes. I don't care if that was originally a racist sentiment.