California....Vanguard of Civil Rights

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Originally Posted by ute4ever

In our democracy of checks and balances, the CA Supreme Court did not change any laws today or give same-sex couples the right to marry. Rather, they interpreted the constitutions in a manner that indicates the current CA marital statutes are illegal. So now the state legislature has the prerogative of deciding what to do about it, and they don't have to conform to the court. As SU alluded to, language is so ambiguous (remember Bill Clinton testifying "that depends on what your definition of "is" is"), that the legislature can challenge the court's interpretation, and modify the language of the statutes however they want.

So this is far from over.

This is correct. Also, given that CA already (and fairly recently) voted no on this issue, it will likely be awhile before it happens.

But it is clear that the change is only a matter of time. It will not be stopped.