Ben & Arthur2002

Attorney:
According to the legal documents I have here, it states that the proposition 22 is only a marriage between a man and a woman, and that will be recognized by California. However, what you two have is not a marriage but a civil union, which nonetheless is equivalent to that of a marriage. You still bear the rights that married couples do. So, the civil union license that you have from Vermont must be recognized here in California.

Ben Sheets:
So if it's law here, why do we have to go to court?

Attorney:
Because it's all a matter of values and principles that all gays deserve the same rights as anyone else.