[BuckeyeTexan]

He didn’t.

While I believe that gay-marriage is legally a states’ rights issue, my Christian faith leaves me firmly against the idea. So as a Christian, I was somewhat disappointed in Cooper’s defense because he refrained from a direct attack on gay marriage. As a states’ rights advocate, I appreciated the fact that he tried to convince the court that important, democratic, timely, public debate should continue as is with various states banning and allowing gay marriage.

[highball]

I was somewhat disappointed in Cooper’s defense because he refrained from a direct attack on gay marriage. As a states’ rights advocate, I appreciated the fact that he tried to convince the court that important, democratic, timely, public debate should continue as is with various states banning and allowing gay marriage.

As was I.

Listening to the oral arguments, I was struck by the fact that Cooper's argument seemed to boil down to "let us lose the fight in every state one by one".

He wasn't a passionate advocate for Prop 8 on its own merits, only that SCOTUS should "go slow" in the march to gay marriage nationwide.

[DrewsMum]

But is it really? When new York can decide to marry 2 gays and Texas is forced to accept it by the full faith and credit clause.