[Kickass Conservative]

Oh goody. Does this mean that I can practice Polygamy now?
What's the difference?

[afnamvet]

Speechless.

[tal hajus]

I’m SHOCKED!!! SHOCKED!!! I tell ya!

[mgc1122]

Queerly beloved in the land of fruit, nuts and cereal.

[Resolute Conservative]

Yet one more step toward hell.

[dragonblustar]

The first wedding will be.....

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Well I’m sure this will help their budget crises.

[padre35]

When it rains, it pours, no matter the will of the people of Kalifornia, no matter the votes against this, Liberalism marches on in the People’s Republik of Kalifornia..

I’m waiting for Ahhnold to come out and endorse the decision.

[newzjunkey]

Should be interesting to read their opinion. The decision is over 170 pages.

[pillut48]

I don’t speak lawyerese—can someone translate this ruling into plain basic English? Will this now go up to the SCOTUS?

[svcw]

At least now it may go to the Supreme Court.

[Brilliant]

"Applying this standard to the statutory classification here at issue, we conclude that the purpose underlying differential treatment of opposite-sex and same-sex couples embodied in California’s current marriage statutes — the interest in retaining the traditional and well-established definition of marriage — cannot properly be viewed as a compelling state interest for purposes of the equal protection clause, or as necessary to serve such an interest."

[Reagan Man]

Sodom, Gomorrah and Kalifornia too!

[NormsRevenge]

I’d say the odds of the Next “ Big One “ just shot off the charts..

It doesn’t seem to matter how many times voters have spoken on any number of issues in California, and now a court that has 6 Republican Gub appointed Judges adds to the mess.

[Antoninus]

We need a Federal Marriage Amendment to the Constitution to end this judicial tyranny. It's a shame the GOP couldn't muster the cojones to get done when the supposedly pro-family GOP was in charge of Congress and the Executive.

It would have made for a great issue for a national election. Too many Mark Foleys, Larry Craigs, and Dick Cheney's in the GOP to do the right thing politically, I guess.

[Niteranger68]

There is no argument for gay marriage that does not equally support marriage between two people who are already related by blood. If you support marriage between two men, you support it between a man and his daughter. Period.

Prove me wrong.

[Anonymous Rex]

Good, something to galvanize both sides going into November.

Look for the resurgence in a call for an amendment to the U.S. consitution banning gay marriage.

If those in the GOP leadership have an ounce of brain between them they’ll use this opportunity to the fullest.

[HoosierHawk]

"Furthermore, in contrast to earlier times, our state now recognizes that an individual’s capacity to establish a loving and long-term committed relationship with another person and responsibly to care for and raise children does not depend upon the individual’s sexual orientation, and, more generally, that an individual’s sexual orientation — like a person’s race or gender — does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold legal rights. We therefore conclude that in view of the substance and significance of the fundamental constitutional right to form a family relationship, the California Constitution properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil right to all Californians, whether gay or heterosexual, and to same-sex couples as well as to opposite-sex couples."

Sexual orientation - like a person's race or gender...(shakes head)

[piperpilot]

I really feel that the country has gone in the sh*tter this week. Very, very dark days, indeed.

[LowTaxesEqualProsperity]

This country is finished.