By Straight Talk

It’s great that the California courts will hear arguments about the recent law taking away the rights of all people in California to allow gay marriage, lesbian marriage and queer marriage. As a business owner if I want to recognize one of my employees as a married couple, so I can give them the benefits they deserve, I can not. I offer this benefit package to keep valuable employees with the company however, I am prevented from doing this with the one of employee my employees who just had a gay wedding.

However, the real fight for gay marriage is in the federal courts. in February, the federal 9th circuit held that you can not deny federal insurance to gay spouses just because you don’t like gay marriage. This is the main goal we should now all focus on. First, because the federal taxes are much higher then state taxes, and gay married couples can file jointly. Second, if you have had a gay marriage and you file taxes you have to file as a couple with the state and then start over and file as an individual with the federal government. This is crazy.

It took a federal law to end discrimination against women and racial minorities. John F. Kennedy wrote the legislation for the Civil Rights Act that Lyndon B. Johnson signed into legislation in 1964. Now it’s time for the federal government to do the same with equal rights with regard to gay marriage.

So, the good news is that as we keep exposing the current oppressive laws to the light of day they are crumbling away. Bit by bit the courts are proving that the current laws are unjust and unfair. I am hopeful that by the time Obama finishes his second term in office gay weddings will be common place, gay wedding cake topers will be sold in Walmart, school children will be taught the fact that they can love who they want is the law of the land. And that gay weddings and gay marriages will occur in Alabama and California on an equal basis.