Get ready to do bust out your best victory dance, because Judge Vaughn Walker lifted the stay on Proposition 8 today. Exactly what does that mean? Well, you can look at the specifics over here, but the basic idea is that same-sex couples in California can secure marriage licenses after August 18th.
Still confused? Head over here for a simple explanation of what’s going on. Long story short, it’s another victory in the name of marriage equality! And that’s not even considering the fact that Glenn Beck just stated gay marriage isn’t a threat to America. Things are looking up for us…
– Dewitt
Now that they’re losing and realize it… Pretty soon when gay marriage is no big deal they’ll be saying, “We never opposed that, in fact, we were always for human rights!”
We in Australia still have a bloody long way to go with this. 🙁
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My favorite is the photos of opponents holding signs that read “Stop Judicial Tyranny.”
The job of the Judiciary is to decide legal questions on their merits and not on the desires or social imperatives of a majority. The Constitution provides a set of administrative guarantees that are designed to protect unpopular minorities from the “Tyranny of the Majority.”
In America, you cannot deprive citizens of equal protections and equal guarantees without due process. That due process requires an evidentiary process that illustrates that denying rights prevents harm. The plaintiffs in this case showed abundant and clear evidence that gay marriage is not harmful and not threatening. The matter seems black and white to me.
I think conservatives need to understand better what Tyranny is.
One huge step forward. I can’t wait when feds recognize a gay marriage.
I just talked to a gay friend of mine. He says he is going back to college to become an attorney for divorce. He says he’ll make a butt-load off of all the guys that will be going thru it after gay marriage is made legal. I think he has a great idea!
I agree, Andrew… we don’t even have civil unions, or whatever name they wanna designate it over here 🙁
The U.S. Constitution never addressed marriage. That matter was, to quote the 10th Amendment, a power not delegated to the Federal Government thus left to the States and to the People. Or in other words, the 10th Amendment applies, not the 14th. DOMA is simply Congress re-affirming this fact. As such, the matter will end up before the Supreme Court, and they will likely reverse and remand the case. SCOTUS will probably uphold DOMA or insist that the case be re-tried to consider DOMA, thus putting off a ruling by them for 2 years. Until then, gay marriage will not be Federally recognized. Meanwhile, enough states have passed laws against it to affirm a U.S. Constitutional Amendment. Should we tempt them? I think not.