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Opponents of Proposition 8 may not have won at the ballot box, but they will get their day in court.
The proposition, which California voters approved on Election Day, overturned an earlier state supreme court decision and banned same-sex marriage. Now, the court will consider lawsuits brought by proponents of same-sex marriage who are asking that the initiative be invalidated. According to the Los Angeles Times, California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has said he thinks the court will rule for the plaintiffs, and he supports that result.
The court's seven justices voted against a stay of the initiative, meaning that same-sex marriages can not continue while the case is considered. A hearing may be held as soon as March.
Californians are sinking themselves
An inflexible right wing is allowing the Golden State to drown in debt. But it's not alone.
By Gary Kamiya, Salon
Everybody must get stoned
A new plan to legalize marijuana in California would create a $1 billion tokin' tax and thousands of green jobs. Now that's a stimulus plan!
By Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon
Gay mecca no more
California used to be a sanctuary for homosexual immigrants worldwide. Now they might go to South Africa, or Maine.
By Sandip Roy, Salon
How the golden state got tarnished
A beginner's guide to California's disastrous Proposition 13.
By Harold Meyerson, The Wall Street Journal
California: a history
This distillation of the author's seven-volume series, "California and the American Dream," is a single-volume tour de force that is superbly researched and beautifully written.
By Kevin Starr
