Posted on 03/26/2013 8:01:11 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
.... Over the next two days, the justices will consider two of the weightiest civil rights cases in years, both about the continuing struggle of gay men and lesbians to obtain equal recognition under the law. On Tuesday, the court will consider the constitutionality of Proposition 8, .... On Wednesday, the justices will turn to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a law enacted in 1996 that bars the federal government from offering benefits to same-sex couples, even if they were legally married in their home state.
The justices have many options as they consider how to rule. But more important than the particulars of their eventual holdings is the general direction they choose to take: They must move the country forward, not back.
.... A much more reasonable outcome than that would have the court point forward cautiously. .... But the justices can be expected to stop short of ruling so broadly that they would require every state to recognize same-sex marriage, when four-fifths of the states currently do not. .....
The progressive but incremental approach that these circuit courts, the Obama Justice Department, prominent attorneys and many others who would uphold gay rights have adopted represents an important phase in the evolution of legal thought on same-sex marriage. It cannot be satisfying to those of us who see a strong equal-protection case for same-sex equality. But, given concerns that a sweeping judicial mandate might cause a counterproductive backlash, it is understandable.
Gay-rights advocates are winning the argument. ..... Now, it seems not only possible but also likely that same-sex marriage will be legal, widespread and, frankly, mundane and that this will happen relatively soon. The Supreme Court must play a part in this civil rights triumph and justices should not shrink from it.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
LOL, surprise, surprise... the editors at the WashPo think their fellow turd pokers should be allowed to get “married”.
Then how do the editors explain California's Prop 8?
The most liberal of all the states.
Out in the wilderness this thought, "that we must keep moving forward and not back", is what gets people totally lost.
Religion and the cultural norms of society may seem a little out of date, but they have proved themselves over time.
As we stray further and further from our guiding light, things start to look stranger and stranger.
What public skoolz have failed to do can be rectified by simply viewing the film Caligula. If one has the stomach for it.
I guess votes mean nothing unless they lose and then, even when a majority here have voted for it,, they just run with their tails between their legs to the courts.. where they can be assured of ‘equality’ and fairness.. or they’ll piss and moan until they do win..
matters not.. Planet X is an equal opportunity globe buster.. the cries of those seeking equality will find their pleas falling on deaf ears when that baby comes back.. that’s life in the big cosmos..
Newt Gingrich was right. We no longer need Constitutional Conventions to amend the Constitution. All we need is a majority of 5 in SCOTUS.
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too many homosexuals in the news organizations.
Every time it is on the ballot, it loses. Every single time.
Actually not true. Maryland, Washington and Colorado all voted majority for gay marriage in November unfortunately.
Washington voted for it last election.
rome fell because of taxes.
better the hun you did not know than the tax collector you did know.
(ie. the infamouos funeral for a pet fly was a tax dodge for land with family masoleums having an tax exemption)
they also voted for the muchie stimulas law, aka pot.
Our state didn’t get a vote, the governor simply declare it so.
Maine passed ‘gay marriage’ by popular as well, Minnesota failed to pass an amendment. Colorado actually passed an amendment in 2006 by 56% to my understanding.
CA prop 22 passed by 61% in 2000, CA prop 8 passed by 52% in 2008. Thats swinging 9% in 8 years, it is probably repealable today, all they need is 50% +1.
Freegards
“Supreme Court must strike down Proposition 8 and DOMA”
They don’t have the cajones!
When, why and how did this become a “Civil Right,” allegedly the same as civil rights struggle for African Americans in the 50s/60s?
June, is the latest I heard re: ruling.
But hearing of arguments will be held today and tomorrow. Don’t know if there are more planned.
The US is the fastest developing Pagan nation on the face of the earth.
After they re-frame it as a ‘struggle for equal justice, equal rights’, the liberals in liberal states can manage to pass the recognition of ‘same-sex marriage’ as law.
Note: this WaPo opinion piece did NOT offer the rebuttal for traditionalists’ argument.
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