Newswise — “The decision handed down in Perry v. Schwarzenegger gives the strongest legal and factual support of any case so far holding that it is unconstitutional to exclude same-sex couples from marriage. It holds that exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage violates both the fundamental right to marry and the right to equal protection based both on sex and on sexual orientation.
“It does so in a case where the only issue is the name ‘marriage’ because California already has domestic partnerships open to same-sex couples that offer all of the benefits and obligations of marriage under state law. And, it reaches its conclusion that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution based upon an extremely strong record of evidence laid down at a thoroughly litigated trial.” --Cynthia Grant Bowman, professor of law at the Cornell University Law School.
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