Same-Sex Marriage in California Possible
Posted on May 15, 2008
In overturning the state’s marriage ban today, the California Supreme Court has rejected Proposition 22, which previously defined marriage as between a man and a woman. But opponents of same-sex marriage aren’t going down without a fight. They’ve been busy circulating petitions for a constitutional amendment which would nullify the court’s ruling. The California Legislature has twice passed bills allowing same-sex marriage. Both were vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who now promises to uphold the court’s decision.
From the L.A. Times: ‘Today’s ruling by the Republican dominated court affects more than 100,000 same-sex couples in the state, about a quarter of whom have children, according to U.S. census figures. It came after high courts in New York, Washington and New Jersey refused to extend marriage rights to gay couples. Before today, only Massachusetts’ top court has ruled in favor of permitting gays to wed. Paul Drugan, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder, said the county was not immediately granting same-sex marriage licenses, noting that the court’s decision would take effect in 30 days.’
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We’ll Always Have Paris
Posted on May 11, 2008
From the Boston Globe: “In Paris by Night, Curt Columbus has crafted a sweet, old-fashioned Hollywood love story, the kind where two people meet in an enchanted city, fall instantly in love, are torn apart by daunting but surmountable obstacles, and sing beautifully all the while. You know: boy meets boy…
In every respect except the gender of its romantic leads, Paris by Night could be a Hollywood musical from the early 1960s. That may not sound groundbreaking - unless you are old enough to know how impossible it is to imagine Nat King Cole singing a love song to Cary Grant - but the show is so charming and heartfelt, so true to its characters, that it’s easy to imagine it as a lost gem from a golden age. That, in fact, is what Columbus set out to create: the kind of musical he loved as a kid, but featuring the kind of love story a young gay man in the 1960s and ’70s could only dream of seeing.”
Two front and center, please.
