“Proposition 8 cannot withstand any level of scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause,” wrote Judge Walker. “Excluding same-sex couples from marriage is simply not rationally related to a legitimate state interest.”The Framers of the Constitution were concerned about a majority using its power to oppress a minority. Proposition 8 was clearly such a law.
The conservatives who are foaming over gay marriage are on the wrong side of history and they probably know it. In a short span of years, they will be explaining to everyone why they were in favor of banning gay marriage, that they now know that they were oh, so wrong, and apologizing. It is a familiar pattern, after all.
The world won't come to an end because gays can marry and form stable relationships that are sanctioned by law. If anything, it will be improved.
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Well, you have it right, except for the part about apologizing. They won't, they'll blame democrats and gays for not being more accommodating.
As hard as my family and I worked for this, the timing sucks. But for all the other millions of gay men and women (including my uncles and their partners of 30+ years, among others) this is tremendous.
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