[zaphod3000]

You have to get the middle of the first page for the major reason the Supreme Court won't hear appeals of court rulings in favor of homosexual marriages--federalism. All of the judicial decisions have been based on state constitutions-not federal. Duh.

[IrishCatholic]

There have been pro gay marriage posters here on FR.

But in the end, there is no such thing as “gay marriage.”

I can call my dog a cat but that doesn’t mean it can climb trees.

Homosexuality is a behavior and a disorder, it isn’t an identity.

[Nextrush]

The Gay Lobby wants to do this systematically in a way that advances their cause.

The current USSC is a little shaky ground but if enough states get into the fray, they may be able to force the issue onto the states that don’t allow “gay marriage.” A sort of “rights” case can be created to bludgeon the states that won’t legalize it.

The “right to marry” will be the new “right to choose” and at the moment when a new type of more liberal court exists they will push through a Roe vs. Wade case for “gay marriage.”

[lentulusgracchus]

You have to get the middle of the first page for the major reason the Supreme Court won't hear appeals of court rulings in favor of homosexual marriages--federalism.

That's just their excuse. The "right" party wins at state level, they won't hear it. They didn't refuse to hear the Lawrence decision, because the State of Texas had been upheld under a previous SCOTUS ruling handed down by the Burger Court in 1985. They reversed their own clear-cut ruling based on politics and desired outcomes -- the same old positivist BS. Icing on the case: A closeted gay justice may have voted and written the opinion on the case. That would be judicial misconduct at the galactic level.

Watch -- a State Supreme Court upholds a referendum affirming DOMA, state or federal, and SCOTUS will snap that case to the top of their docket before you can say, "BOHICA!"

[lentulusgracchus]

By the way .... I've got a quote on my hard drive by a NYT editor to the effect that over 2/3rds of the front-page editors of the Times are gay or bi, and not very closeted about it.

What odds Liptak is straight? Anybody wanna bet?

[RJL]

And now there are four. In the space of a week, the number of states allowing same-sex marriage has doubled

I don't think the states haven't done anything. The activist judicial branch is busily making laws.