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Entries from SFist tagged with 'californiastatesupremecourt'

August 18, 2008

This morning the California state Supreme Court ruled that doctors "must treat gays and lesbians the same as any other patient." What a novel idea, right? It all started back in 2000 when Guadalupe Benitez, a Southern Californian queer with baby fever, sued North Coast Women's Care Medical Group and two of its doctors in Vista for refusing to inseminated her because of their (alleged) Christian beliefs. Today's ruling, S142892, now means that California quacks......

Continue Reading "State Supreme Court to Doctors: Treat Gays and Lesbians Like Human Beings"

May 23, 2008

When did San Diego become so...meh? After this month's historic ruling that will allow the gays to legally wed in the state of California, San Diego County Clerk Gregory Smith let it slip that he would "consider allowing clerks to bow out of processing such marriages if they had moral or religions objections." Which? He can't do. And that's illegal, isn't it? That whole church/state overlap thing? Didn't we already go over this, that......

Continue Reading "Newsom Expresses His Distaste for San Diego's Most Recent Stance On Queer Marriage"

May 20, 2008

California Supreme Court Judge Chief Justice Ronald George tells the fine folks over at KTVU that last week's overturning to the state same-sex marriage ban, which will then make gay marriage legal in California, was one of his "toughest" rulings yet. Toughest? Hmm, considering all the many cases he's come across, we find it difficult to that a ruling making it legal for Bruce and Geoffrey to register at Crate & Barrel would be......

Continue Reading "Sensitive Judge Says Gay Marriage Ruling Was One Of His Toughest"

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