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  • The State of Our Unions (Cancel My Subscription To the Wall Street Journal)

    10/08/2003 6:26:08 AM PDT · by presidio9 · 53 replies · 276+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | Wednesday, October 8, 2003 | ANDREW SULLIVAN
    <p>It didn't take long for many social conservatives to ponder the long-term implications of the Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down all antisodomy laws in the U.S. Moves are afoot to advance a constitutional amendment that would bar any state's legalization of same-sex marriage; next week is "Marriage Protection Week," in which the alleged danger of Lawrence v. Texas will be highlighted across the country. This push toward blanket prohibition, however, sidesteps a basic point about the post-Lawrence world. Whatever you feel about the reasoning of the decision, its result is clear: Gay Americans are no longer criminals. And very few conservatives want to keep them that way. The term "gay citizen" is now simply a fact of life.</p>