What's the status of Same-sex marriage in California?

As of May 2009, what's the status of gay marriage in California / Prop. 8 ?





What country do you think will legalize same sex marriage or any kind of unions next?





2009 have been a great year for SSM and gay unions worldwide, so far, Sweden, CT, IA, ME and VT have legalized marriage between same sex partners. I still feel sorry for Californian LGBT community.What's the status of Same-sex marriage in California?
The latest that I've heard is that the decision is due before June 3rd... And it's supposed to uphold Prop H8 but leave existing marriages intact. Equality California is supposed to be planning another ballot initiative for 2010 to reinstate marriage.What's the status of Same-sex marriage in California?
Well the people voted and their vote counted and same sex marriage was voted down. Now time to work on civil unions laws to get more rights for any oen who want to share live and property together without the marriage stigmata.


Edit: only reason the gay community wants the label of marriage is so that it appears that the acceptance of being gay is ok to the Christian community. It has nothing to do with rights or privileges. Civil unions are the way to go it is the path of least resistance. I don鈥檛 want marriage I want the right to share my life with any consenting adult I choose and any time I choose to. Courts might be there to rule on the protection of minority but to deny the right of the majority is just as bad. Courts are not legislators and should have never been involved in marriage to begin with, for that matter neither should any government entity. That is a direct violation of the separation of the government from the church understanding of our laws.
California's Proposition 8 made same sex marriage illegal. Proponents claim that it is retroactive, making all of the same-sex marriages legally performed in 2008 null and void; opponents to Prop 8 say it is not retroactive and those marriages are still legal, moreover Prop 8 opponents argued before the California Supreme Court - the same court that made same sex marriage legal - that Proposition 8 is actually a major revision to the state constitution and should have gone through the legislature (their argument centers around the equal protections clause and the fact that Prop 8 removes one segment of the population from being equal).





That really is the problem with ';the will of the majority';. Courts are in place to protect minority interests and have done so many times in the past. It was the courts that removed segregation; suppose a popular majority voted it back in - do you think that should stand legally? The sad truth is that many people of color voted for Prop 8 to limit marriage to one man and one woman without realizing that they were setting the precedent (should the Supreme Court uphold it) for their own rights and privileges to be curtailed.





Right now, the California Supreme Court is weighing its decision on Prop 8 and the legality of same sex marriage. No word has come as to when that decision will be made public.