prop 8 ruling today (and other gay stuff)

The California Supreme Court ruling on Prop 8 will be released an noon (central time) today. The court will post opinions about three cases challenging Prop 8 here. I'm nervous about it.

And then Obama announced Sonia Sotomayor as the new US Supreme Court appointee. I don't yet know how I feel about her. She's not replacing a conservative, so she's not really changing the way the court leans, unfortunately. And I don't know if she'll support gay rights or not. She's Catholic. I just don't know. And fucking Alito is still there, that asshole. I'm still hoping that he will just drop the fuck dead on top of an underage male prostitute. That would make my day, for sure. I'd also be satisfied with rectal cancer forcing him to retire. I know it's not very nice of me to say such things, but there's no law that says I have to talk nice about Sam Alito.

Anyway, back to gay stuff. This organization I've never heard of called GLAD, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (not to be confused with GLAAD, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of people who have been denied federal marriage benefits or protections because of Section 3 of the DOMA. (.pdf of the complaint) Section 3 says that even if a same-sex couple is married in a certain state, they are not considered to by married by the federal government. The Department of Justice must respond to the lawsuit by June 22nd.

So that's good, maybe. At least they have to respond. We'll see how that plays out. Things are happening. People are making moves. It seems like this country is moving in a forwardish direction re: gay rights. Mostly. We'll find out about California in about an hour. Sigh.