In case you have been under a rock this morning, the U.S. Ninth District Court of Appeals released its decision that Prop 8 is unconstitutional:
A federal appeals court declared California’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional today, saying a state can’t revoke gay rights solely because a majority of its voters disapprove of homosexuality.
In a 2-1 ruling, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Proposition 8′s limitations on access to marriage took rights away from a vulnerable minority without benefiting parents, children or the marital institution.
“Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples,” said Judge Stephen Reinhardt in the majority opinion. (Read the full ruling here.)
Moments ago, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit handed down a sweeping ruling striking down California’s Proposition 8 and—for the first time ever—finding a “right” to same-sex marriage in the United States Constitution!
A Supreme Court victory would preserve the marriage laws of 44 states, denying same-sex marriage radicals in their campaign to force gay marriage on the entire nation in one fell swoop.
But if we lose at the Supreme Court, marriage will be jeopardized not just in California, but in all 50 states.
Marriage Supporter, we need you now more than ever.
I am confident we will win when this case finally receives a hearing at the Supreme Court. But the costs of litigating a Supreme Court case will run into the millions of dollars over the next year. The cert petition alone (asking the Supreme Court to hear the case) will likely cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to prepare. Our opponents will throw everything they have at this case—all of the resources they can bring to bear from the Hollywood elites and the gay billionaires like Tim Gill and John Striker who fund their cause.
NOM’s email ends with a plead for money – and its hypocrisy at its best as the anti-gay organization refuses to release names of its own donors.
Nonetheless, we are one step closer to equality for all!
Source: SFGate
