Legal recognition of same-sex marriage took a major step forward in California today!

The San Francisco County court held that, "no rational purpose exists for limiting marriage in this state to opposite-sex partners." Go Judge Kramer!

Of course, this is only the trial court decision. It will certainly be appealed, but every win helps make equality real.

As soon as I wrote "go Judge Kramer," I got worried and sad.

Last Friday, a trial judge, a court reporter, and a sheriff’s deputy were killed in the Atlanta courthouse. A number of other people were seriously injured, all by a man who was standing trial for the violent rape of his ex-girlfriend. He killed another man, an agent for US Customs, and held a young widow hostage in her apartment. Eventually, he let her go and she called the police, who took him into custody again.

I called my parents and told them I was glad Dad isn’t a trial judge any more, and that I was glad Mom is an appellate judge who will have little contact with people convicted of violent crimes.