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California's Supreme Court legalizes gay marriage
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Massachusetts in 2004 became the first, and so far only, state to legalize gay marriage; more than 9,500 couples have taken advantage of the law. But the California ruling is considered monumental by virtue of the state’s size — 38 million out of a U.S. population of 302 million — and its historical role as the vanguard of many social and cultural changes that have swept the country since World War II.
California has an estimated 108,734 same-sex households, according to 2006 census figures.
“It’s about human dignity. It’s about human rights. It’s about time in California,” San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, pumping his fist in the air, told a roaring crowd at City Hall. “As California goes, so goes the rest of the nation. It’s inevitable. This door’s wide open now. It’s going to happen, whether you like it or not.”
Unlike Massachusetts, California has no residency requirement for obtaining a marriage license, meaning gays nationwide are likely to flock to the state to be wed, said Jennifer Pizer, an attorney who worked on the case.
On benefits, gay couples already covered
“If an out-of-state company has a benefit plan and it defines the people getting it as ‘employee and spouse,’ then a person in a marriage by a same-sex couple in California would get the benefit,” said Jon Davidson, legal director of Lambda Legal, a nonprofit advocacy organization on gay civil rights issues. “That person is legally the spouse here, so it would apply.”
In their ruling, the justices outlined nine differences between domestic partners and married couples under current state law. For employers, the main difference is that the definition of a married person — and therefore one who is eligible for spousal benefits — is a bit broader.
“For example, to be in a domestic partnership, you have to live together,” Davidson said. “But to be married, you don’t have to have a common residence.
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Out of work...
Since I’m out of work due to illness, I’ve decided to compile a list of free on-line things that I’ve stumbled upon my very boring night of web surfing.
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Is Your Page A Well-Formed Website?
“Anything that operates on an HTML document, be it a browser, a CSS stylesheet, an XSL transformation, a JavaScript program, or something else, will have an easier time working with a well-formed document than the malformed alternative. This chapter covers the mechanics and trade-offs of well-formedness as it is usually apply in HTML.” - A contribution by Elliotte Rusty Harold from InformIT
Fill up your gas tank for only $5?!
InformIT
A website I regularly check out.
This is pretty damn kewl.
Conversion of ordinary car covers into portable tents by Michael Rakowitz
This means illegal street camping can be done without anyone noticing.(via swissmiss)
David Poland talking with director Tim Burton about Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and his other films.
City Council “Attack” video: Proof that real life can sometimes be funnier than comedy shows.
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