Gay Marriage Saves California / Could a landmark decision re-empower the state to strike at the heart of BushCo? Let us hope: "Can it really be true, you mutter in astonishment as you sip, working, as always, always, to take the edge off this bleak and BushCo'd world, that a respected right wing judge named Richard Kramer from San Francisco Superior Court just declared California's ban on gay marriage to be unconstitutional on the grounds that it's, well, just plain silly, and wrong headed, and at odds with what love and desire and human connection are truly all about? "