{"id":2029,"date":"2011-05-05T08:20:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T14:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/?p=2029"},"modified":"2011-05-03T12:17:33","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T18:17:33","slug":"marriage-and-its-defenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/marriage-and-its-defenders\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage and Its Defenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019d like to put our hat in the ring and say, \u201c<strong>We too defend marriage<\/strong>.\u201d For anybody. <strong>For everybody<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>All this <strong>Defense of Marriage Act <\/strong>back-and-forth has reached, as the New York Times put it, \u201ca tipping point.\u201d Adam Lipak\u2019s article last Sunday, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/01\/weekinreview\/01gay.html\">A Tipping Point for Gay Marriage<\/a>,\u201d pointed out that the <strong>legal community <\/strong>is often ahead of the curve when it comes to <strong>forward-thinking ideas and acceptance <\/strong>of those ideas in the general public.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Wedding-Rings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2032\" title=\"Wedding Rings\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Wedding-Rings-150x131.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Wedding-Rings-150x131.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Wedding-Rings.jpg 172w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Long before <strong>gay marriage <\/strong>becomes legal throughout the United States, legal decisions such as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lawrence_v._Texas\">Lawrence v. Texas<\/a>, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003, which in essence <strong>legalized gay sex <\/strong>(sodomy, to be precise).<\/p>\n<p>Now we have international law firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kslaw.com\/\">King &amp; Spalding<\/a>, 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\u2019t want to <strong>alienate its law-school recruits<\/strong>, among other things. Good. Let them withdraw.<\/p>\n<p>If it takes the legal community to lead the way in legalizing gay marriage, so be it.<\/p>\n<p>Till next time, yours in good love and sex,<\/p>\n<p>Nan &amp; Christi<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:nan@fatalemedia.com\">nan@fatalemedia.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:christi@fatalemedia.com\">christi@fatalemedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>P.S. 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