SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge overturned California's gay-marriage ban Wednesday in a landmark case that could eventually force the U.S. Supreme Court to confront the question of whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed.

 

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100804/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_trial

:thumbsup:

Also, the judge was himself gay. :laugh3:

 

Fitting, considering in the past it was just a bunch of straight judges ruling on an issue that only affects gay people.

 

It should be mentioned that for the government, this isn't a civil rights issue at all - it's about taxation. Currently the US government collects far more taxes from unmarried gay couples than wedded couples. So they'll lose a lot of tax revenue when gay marriage is legal. And when the SHTF they'll be looking for every way they can squeeze extra cash out of the people.

This is an outrage! I'm moving to Canada!

I just want to say I'm joking.

 

 

Don't want to piss off Jay.

I was gonna say... I think it's legal in Canada as well, lol.

 

Oh and speaking of tax revenue:

 

Social Security is officially in the red now: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/5/social-security-red-first-time-ever/

 

And the US Postal Service is losing $3.5 billion dollars per year because nobody's sending letters anymore: http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/05/news/companies/US_postal_service_earnings/

 

And I think the military industrial complex posted an $840 billion dollar loss but I'm not sure... maybe they found gold in Afghanistan. :laugh3:

Lol that was part of my joke. Flee to a place that is more liberal about it.