Dear Friend and Reader:
As Mars and Chiron move towards an exact conjunction in Aquarius today, we’re watching the build up in a courtroom drama on marriage equality in the state of California. В It is of no small import that Mars, the planet governing sex is hooking up with Chiron, the planet of mavericks, in the sign of Aquarius, the sign of revolution, individual freedom and its expression. The hearingВ began 9:00 am PST today at the State Supreme Court in San Francisco.
As Rachel reported earlier this week, opponents of gay marriage attempted againВ to stop same-sex couples from marrying through the state’s voter initiative process with passage of Proposition 8, a measureВ which would define marriage solely as a bond between a man and woman. On Tuesday, both the CaliforniaВ State Assembly and Senate approved State Senator Mark Leno’s Senate Resolution 7 which opposes Proposition 8.
Yesterday, State Attorney General Jerry Brown posted a diary on Daily Kos, summarizing his opinion on Proposition 8’s constitutionality, excerpted below:
As California’s Attorney General, I believe the Court should strike down Proposition 8 … because it unconstitutionally discriminates against same-sex couples and deprives them of the fundamental right to marry.
…Fundamental rights in California are recognized and protected by our constitution, which declares in Article I, Section 1 that “all people are by nature free and independent and have inalienable rights” and “among these are enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety, happiness, and privacy.