I've been saying all along that any laws or state constitutional amendments banning gay marriage would eventually be deemed unconstitutional under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Federal Constitution. The clause is short and basically states that any state must recognize the contracts and judicial proceedings of any other state. It is the, in essence, the glue holding our nation together. It makes legal in this state what is legal in another.
Loving v. the State of Virginia was decided on the basis of the Full Faith and Credit clause. Today, the California Supreme Court will issue its ruling in a landmark gay marriage case, just as it did in an inter-racial marriage case 19 years prior to Loving v. the State of Virginia. The arguments presented to the court included the reference to the Loving case. Lets hope that California does the right thing. Because it seems that as California goes, so goes the rest of the nation. Eventually.
