California's Proposition 8 Overturned

As I expected, California's Proposition 8 was shot down in a California federal court yesterday because it violated the Equal Protection clause laid out in the Fourteenth Amendment. To be frank, it is simply unconscionable to allow one group to marry (straight folk) and deny that same legal right to another group (gay folk.) I often compare the legal arguments against gay marriage to the legal arguments against interracial marriage: both have no legs to stand on in today's society (or any society, for that matter.)

California Ballot Measure Will Overhaul Primary Elections

With several primaries taking place across the country yesterday, candidates in dozens of local and statewide races were chosen for the general elections in November. In California, a particularly interesting ballot measure was approved by voters and could serve to change the shape of elections in the state.