Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples. The Constitution simply does not allow for ‘laws of this sort.’
an excerpt from today’s ruling of a three-judge panel in San Francisco overturning California’s ban on same-sex marriages. (via washingtonpoststyle)