Defense Of Marriage Act Called Unconstituional In Federal Court

[Carolyn Marie]

More good news on the legal front for our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters, and for us:

http://www.latimes.c...0,6300675.story

The tide has definitely turned in our favor. We will not be moving backward any more.

Carolyn Marie

[Guest Risu]

This is definitely good news indeed. Like anything, one step at a time.

Personally I am still undecided on SRS and if I had the money there are other things I would like to do with it like FFS and such. It would be wonderful, that should I meet someone special I could get married despite my anatomy and my surgical status. Now if only I could legally get my gender changed without SRS... one step at a time though.

Thanks for sharing. This is definitely a step in the righ direction and makes my day a bit brighter and better

[Guest John Chiv]

Carolyn,

This is great news and thanks for posting the article. The opponents are still challenging Judge Walker's ruling and will probably try and step up other efforts now that they have lost this battle. We take one step forward, and sometimes it seems another step back. I do agree with you that the tide is turning and we are moving forward. What this victory shows is that more and more people are seeing the strategy that needs to be adopted by those representing us legally and politically.Where this battle needs to be won is in public opinion and attitudes. Then the other side will see that appeals, legislation that seek to prevent loving same-sex couples who want commitment is futile.

As someone who worked for LLDEF and has covered this for the press, seeing the progress over the last 20 years is both personally and professionally affirming.

John

[Guest JaniceW]

Carolyn,

Thank you for the news post, this is truly very good news. Our society is changing slowly but surely. This progress is being made on the marriage front, also right now Massachussets is fighting for their gender expression and identity bill to be passed so they can join the 15 other states that have one. The cities of Portland and Omaha are doing fantastic things for our rights and protection.

What can each of us do to reinforce this trend? Find out who your legislators are and what is happening in your area and let the legislators know where you stand through emails, phone calls, and letters. You don't need to "out" yourself to do this, you can identify yourself as a constituent and ally for the cause. Legislators are moved by numbers and we need to be sure that they hear from us. It only takes a minute to write an email or make a phone call.

[Guest ShannonA23]

Makes me a little sad that it takes legal injunctions, prop 8, DADT and now DOMA, yay but at the same time they came much later than they should have.

shannon