ACLU Applauds California Judge's Decision Ending Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples in Marriage

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Statement of ACLU Attorney Christine Sun

SAN FRANCISCO -- Today's decision is a landmark for the law, and an important development for the entire nation. With plain but compelling logic, the court has shown us all why in a nation committed to fairness, same-sex couples must not be shut out of marriage. But this decision is most important to the thousands upon thousands of same-sex couples who desperately need the protection that marriage gives, and who deserve the dignity it brings. Gay people are firefighters, teachers, doctors and neighbors; we deserve the same rights and protections as other Americans. Our constitution promises liberty to all; this decision takes us a step closer to that promise.

The case, Woo v. Lockyer, is being brought by the National Center for Lesbian Rights along with the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal.