Justine_DSilva's Blog

My first two stories are online. A free read: 'Don't Ask - Don't Tell' The Erotic Woman http://www.theeroticwoman.com/?q=node/2072 'Dirty Old Ladies' is on sale at Tassels & Tales. http://www.tasselsandtales.com I am so excited my dreams are coming to come true! I would love your feedback and comments. You'll have to excuse my brief post but I have to tell the rest of the world : )

This is my first post and I couldn't be happier. I'm sure most of you already have heard the wonderful news. It's so significant that I'm also posting to my MySpace, www.myspace.com/justinedsilva, and my blog http://soul-kissed.blogspot.com.

Today the California Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage. This will allow gay and lesbian couples across the state to wed as soon as next month. The court found it unconstitutional to deprive gays and lesbians of the equal right to walk down the aisle with a marriage license in hand.

"The California Constitution properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil right to all Californians, whether gay or heterosexual, and to same-sex couples as well as to opposite-sex couples," the court observed in a 121-page decision.

When the news was signaled to the people gathered on the steps outside the federal courthouse in San Francisco, they let out whoops of joy, and some broke out in tears.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom sent a simple e-mail to his press staff: "We won."

Yes, we won today. All Americans won. Even those who view marriage as "only between a man and a woman." We're one step closer to the day, when no one will be judged or discriminated against because of gender, race, color, creed or sexual preference.