That all of New England will eventually do the same, since New Hampshire has taken up the issue already, making Rhode Island the only holdout in New England, and the California Supreme Court ruling on the legality of the gay marriage ban enacted by the right wing is due sometime in June, so the majority of the West Coast may follow.

The Iowa court's ruling is particularly well-reasoned, and pretty much covers all the bases, explaining exactly what harm is done through such bans -- especially to children affected by differential treatment -- and explicitly rejecting all religious arguments. Based on this, they reason that any limitation on civil rights requires special scrutiny by the courts because of a long history of hatred and discrimination directed against gay and lesbian individuals, so California well be hard-pressed to justify allowing the state constitutional amendment to succeed without similar special scrutiny by the Legislature, so there's some hope that the hateful amendment will be rejected in California, and it would never pass the legislature, which would kill it.

This does, of course, affect the rights of transgendered persons as well, since "gay" marriage variations have been used to prevent transsexuals from marrying the person of their choice, in some cases from marrying at all, in a sort of bigot's Catch 22.

There's a possibility, at least, that the USA as a whole will eventually catch up to the civilised world, although I have to admit that I'm not holding my breath.

Cheers,

Puddin'
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