Best Email I Got All Day

Dear Friends –

Just one hour ago the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision on the right of gay and lesbian couples to marry... and they ruled that to prohibit couples from marrying merely on the basis of gender is, in fact, discrimination, is unconstitutional and cannot stand!

This is an important step forward for families of all kinds, for fairness, for equality, and for loving relationships everywhere...

A portion of the actual text of the decision is below:

...“Accordingly, in light of the conclusions we reach concerning the constitutional questions brought to us for resolution, we determine that the

language of section 300 limiting the designation of marriage to a union “between a man and a woman” is unconstitutional and must be stricken from the statute, and that the remaining statutory language must be understood as making the designation of marriage available both to opposite-sex and same-sex couples. In addition, because the limitation of marriage to opposite-sex couples imposed by section 308.5 can have no constitutionally permissible effect in light of the constitutional conclusions set forth in this opinion, that provision cannot stand.”...

So, we ask that you join us for a public gathering and celebration...

DATE: TONIGHT – Thursday, May 15th

TIME: 5:30 p.m.

PLACE: Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Gardens

There will be speakers, additional updates and information on the decision, and more....

We hope you can join us...

Geoff Green, Executive Director

THE FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA
Celebrating a quarter century of “Change, Not Charity”
1524-1/2 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
120 East Jones Street, Suite 127, Santa Maria, CA 93454
Phone: (805) 962-9164 / Fax: (805) 965-0217
Email: email@fundforsantabarbara.org
Website: www.fundforsantabarbara.org