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 I have been closely following the proceedings in California of the trial in regards to Proposition 8, the voter enacted law that prohibits the state from granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples.  The folks over at Prop8TrialTracker have done a good job at providing a lot of facts and details as the trial occurred in January, final arguments in June, and today's decision.  Judge Walker determined that there was no valid reason for denying gay couples the same rights that straight couples do in the form of marriage.  It's an awesome decision, even though, at the moment it has no effect on me.  It honestly doesn't have an effect on anyone at the moment due to a stay on the ruling while appeals and other court procedures occur.

Being in Texas means that a federal court ruling in California doesn't have impact here.  Here we still have a constitutional amendment preventing me from getting married to the man I love.  In time, as the Prop 8 ruling works it's way through the appeals process it is possible the Supreme Court could rule on it.  If it does, then it could have an effect on me, but that a few years down the road.  In the meantime, I am happy to know that the general populous seems to be more and more in favor of same-sex marriage and courts are overturning laws against it.  

I wonder why people are against same-sex marriage.  I don't want to go into long details of why it would be beneficial to allow it.  You can find those all over the place.  However, I like the idea of not just saying I want to spend the rest of my life with my 'future husband'.  I like the idea of putting that desire into full, legal effect.  I like the idea of getting the same rights as straight couples do in the form of being able to make medical decisions for each other, health insurance benefits, ease of buying a home for both of us, and more.  I like the idea of being able to say that in the eyes of my government, in the eyes of my higher power, and in each others eyes that he is my true husband and that I am his true husband.