Much as I hated to see Prop 8 win, it was something that needed to happen.
Gay couples deserve better than to live in constant fear of losing their marriages at the whim of the next ballot-measure election.
They deserve long term legal protection, and now that's exactly where this is headed.
Public opinion was 73% against interracial marriage the year before it was determined to be legal by the U.S. Supreme Court in Loving vs. Virginia. Gallup poll graph We're closer to 55% against with same-sex marriage nationally, and 52% in California when the churches are in full panic mode, so we're doing much better.
People should have the right to marry their chosen life partner, period. Every adult American deserves full marriage equality as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and a federal suit is the only way to achieve it.