CA's Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage

From the San Jose Mercury News:

"SAN FRANCISCO — A sharply divided California Supreme Court Thursday legalized same-sex marriage, a historic ruling that will allow gay and lesbian couples across the state to wed as soon as next month and inflame the social, political and moral debate over gay unions. "

"Voters in 26 states have approved state constitutional amendments that ban gay marriage:
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin. Hawaii voters approved a constitutional amendment empowering the legislature to outlaw same-sex marriage; lawmakers did so in 1998."

NOTE: Arizona's House of Representatives voted on a measure last week that would send a referendum to the ballot to constitutionally define marriage soley as a union between one man and one woman. The proposal (pun intended) known as SCR 1042 now goes to the Senate for debate.