Nice photo from the Human Rights Committee (HRC),
March 27, 2013.
Posts Tagged ‘DOMA’
Supreme Court on DOMA and Gay Marriage Day 2
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013Marriage and Its Defenders
Thursday, May 5th, 2011We’d like to put our hat in the ring and say, “We too defend marriage.” For anybody. For everybody.
All this Defense of Marriage Act back-and-forth has reached, as the New York Times put it, “a tipping point.” Adam Lipak’s article last Sunday, “A Tipping Point for Gay Marriage,” pointed out that the legal community is often ahead of the curve when it comes to forward-thinking ideas and acceptance of those ideas in the general public.
Long before gay marriage becomes legal throughout the United States, legal decisions such as Lawrence v. Texas, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003, which in essence legalized gay sex (sodomy, to be precise).
Now we have international law firm King & Spalding, based in Atlanta, withdrawing from a case that would have put them in a position to defend the Defense of Marriage Act. Marriage should be between one man and one woman, that act says. The law firm doesn’t want to alienate its law-school recruits, among other things. Good. Let them withdraw.
If it takes the legal community to lead the way in legalizing gay marriage, so be it.
Till next time, yours in good love and sex,
Nan & Christi
nan@fatalemedia.com
christi@fatalemedia.com
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules for Marriage Equality
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013This morning we have reason to celebrate.
Two life-changing, landmark decisions were issued by the United States Supreme Court.
President Obama said: “The laws of our land are catching up to the fundamental truth that millions of Americans hold in our hearts.”
“So glad we’re still moving in the right direction, towards tolerance!” wrote a commentator on the Washington Post article posting.
In recognizing same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court has recognized gay rights as a civil rights issue. At last.
Congratulations to the Prop8 plaintiffs, to the lawyers and organizations who worked so hard and persevered on these cases and to the millions of supporters who have fueled this movement.
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