Gay marriage wins key court case
Gay marriage is almost certainly on its way to a supreme court ruling after a California federal court ruled the ban unconstitutional, arguing it does nothing than “lessen that status and human dignity,” of the gay community.
The voter-passed ban known as prop 8, passed by a 52 percent to 48 percent margin, has become a hallmark of America’s hotly contested marriage issue.
The court ruled today the ban violated the 14th amendment — the same piece of the nation’s constitution that outlawed school segregation in the 1963 Brown v. Board of Education decision — arguing ban unfairly discriminated against a group of people, namely the gay community.
Michigan’s 2004 voter-approved gay marriage ban passed with 59 percent of the vote in 2004. The state supreme court has interpreted it to ban civil unions and domestic partnerships.
The state legislature recently banned government employers from offering domestic partner benefits.
“We’re hopeful the more dialogue we have about this type of thing, the more dialogue we have about discrimination against gays and lesbians in our society I think the better, and that will eventually lead to marriage equality,” Denise Brogan-Kator, executive director of Equality Michigan, told the Huffington Post on Tuesday.
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