By Matt Baume (San Francisco, California) FEB 7 | Find out who's planning to get arrested in your town on Valentine's Day, plus the Supreme Court hints at an impending decision on Prop 8. There's been good progress on civil unions in Illinois and Hawaii, and we'll check in on some Maryland Marriage activists.
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye announced last week that the court could decide as soon as next week whether it's going to get involved with the case against Prop 8. The court's a real wild card here -- nobody's sure what they're going to do. That's why Ted Olson asked them not to get involved, leaving the case instead of the hands of the far more gay-friendly Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Last week's Comment Bait asked whether you thought the State Supreme Court should get involved in the matter, and lots of you weighed in. Youtube user AlexAndAdjectives commented yes, they should, writing, "Yes it would take longer, but the issue needs to be cleared up legally."
Our question this week: Aside from California, what state do you think will make the most strides towards marriage equality this year? There've been promising developments all around the country, just in the last week.
In Illinois, governor Pat Quinn signed a civil unions bill into law, making that state the sixth to recognize civil unions. And in Hawaii, a civil unions bill will get a House hearing this Tuesday. It's expected to pass later this year.
In Iowa, Democrats have so far been able to keep Republican attacks on marriage at bay, with a very slim majority promising to block a vote on marriage equality.
The Maryland senate will hear testimony on a marriage bill this Tuesday, and advocates have been hard at work pressuring lawmakers to support the measure. Those advocates include groups like Friend Factor dot org, which has organized phone banks to connect Marylanders with their legislators.
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