Future Ms. Justice?

Today’s been a hot bed of news for this nation.  Our President has nominated federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.  This is sooooo cool.  Finally to have the possibility of two women again serving on the nation’s highest court (getting us closer to having women fill high positions.)  And the fact that she’s Hispanic is also really cool.  Her background of coming from poverty in Harlem to a federal appeals judge is what we’re taught is the American Dream.  Hopefully her nomination will fly through without many problems.  (And hopefully she’ll turn out to be a much more empathetic justice than some of the ones we have now!)

What to do with California?

I’m watching CNN live, and the courts have upheld Prop.8, which bans same sex marriage.  If there is any light in the tunnel, the 18,000 marriages that did take place last fall in California are still legal.  I’m thrilled for my friends Jason and Chris that their marriage is still valid ! 

I just want to say that I am very sad!  I think this is no longer an issue of whether or not same sex marriages are Biblically correct, but that they are a civil rights issue.  I believe that everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, gay, straight, able, disabled, of every race, color, creed, and religion (I think that just about covers it !) should have the same rights, opportunities and laws to support them in their legal and equal right to get married.  And I am proud to say that I live in the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which recognizes that this is an equal rights issue, and was one of the first states to legalize same sex marriages.  Maybe living in Massachusetts gives me a different perspective, I don’t know, but it still saddens me about California.