I haven’t posted on this today because it is a waste of breath. I figure the court will cancel the DOMA. That will legalize gay marriage in Kalifornia.
They will punt the whole issue back to the states and leave it to the voters on whether they want gay marriage.
In otherwards, the case they heard yesterday they will punt it back to the states.
The case they heard today, they will cancel the Defense of marriage Act.
This will give the court a away out. At the same time it will also push forward the gay marriage agenda.
I guess they will leave it to voters. With the left running things, it will only be a matter of time until gay marriage is okay everywhere. However, since there would not be a precedent set by the court in a federal way, it will differ from Roe V Wade in the respect that if the public ever wanted to end gay marriage, they could do it at the ballot box.
I am not for gay marriage. I am saddened by how far the US has fallen.
IMHO if they toss out DOMA then they effectively disenfranchise voters represented at the federal level BECAUSE DOMA imposes nothing upon the states. As well. as such IMHO setting aside DOMA requires something more than the false premise of protecting states rights. That dog won't hunt...
If they do punt back to the states, it makes no sense to me to leave the federal rulings in place on Prop. 8. They almost have to overturn those and leave the CA State Supreme Court ruling in place. It’s illogical to say that this issue should be decided by the states and then leave in place any federal ruling that overturned a state’s (CA) supreme court on the matter.
But IANAL ... and didn’t think it was logical to consider the individual mandate as a tax. So, what do I know?