On prop 8, Florida, and Sweden
Nov. 25th, 2008 09:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greenie_breizhIn more serious news:
- Judge overturns Florida ban on adoption by gays and lesbians.
This decision is going to be appealed, so it really doesn't mean much yet, but at least it's a step in the right direction.
- In Prop 8 news, the California Supreme Court will hear appeal of same-sex marriage ballot measure. While the court will not interfere with the enforcement of the law in the meanwhile (meaning: same-sex couples cannot get married right now), there is a chance that it will rule that the ballot measure itself was "improperly used" to take away rights. I find it weird that it's even legal to use these ballot measures to have the majority vote on a minority right, but I'm not sure if the legal apparatus in the U.S. has anything about that.
- And finally, in French, an article about a school in Sweden that's purposefully separating boys and girls on some occasions so that they have a chance to take part in play that's traditionally reserved to the other gender.
- Judge overturns Florida ban on adoption by gays and lesbians.
This decision is going to be appealed, so it really doesn't mean much yet, but at least it's a step in the right direction.
- In Prop 8 news, the California Supreme Court will hear appeal of same-sex marriage ballot measure. While the court will not interfere with the enforcement of the law in the meanwhile (meaning: same-sex couples cannot get married right now), there is a chance that it will rule that the ballot measure itself was "improperly used" to take away rights. I find it weird that it's even legal to use these ballot measures to have the majority vote on a minority right, but I'm not sure if the legal apparatus in the U.S. has anything about that.
- And finally, in French, an article about a school in Sweden that's purposefully separating boys and girls on some occasions so that they have a chance to take part in play that's traditionally reserved to the other gender.
