Big news in California this month was the ruling by the state’s Supreme Court that gay couples can marry. The decision was met by wild celebrations in the Castro, the historic center of the gay community here in San Francisco, and across the state. Even though California is one of the most liberal states in the country, recent polls taken after the Supreme Court decision have shown that residents of the Golden State are pretty evenly divided on the ruling, the most recent CBS poll showing 46% supporting the decision and 46% disagreeing with it.
There is some talk that religious and conservative groups are planning on placing an amendment on the ballot when voters go to the polls in the general election in November, in an effort to reverse the ruling. California is only the second state in the country to legalize same sex marriages, Massachusetts having being the first to do so in 2004. California has an estimated 92,000 same-sex couples.
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