As hopefully you know, there is presently a trial taking place in San Francisco, Perry vs. Schwarzenegger.  Here is a very thorough article about it from the New Yorker.  I hope that many of you, dear readers, are already following the trial on twitter at hash tag, #prop8 and if you aren’t that you might start now because it is extremely important.  If twitter isn’t your thing, you can also check NCLR for a daily update.  Oh and if you aren’t convinced why anyone should care, here‘s a great article.