Comments on: Prop 8 case wraps up, ruling expected in weeks http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/06/17/prop-8-case-wraps-up-ruling-expected-in-weeks/ the gay community's news source Wed, 22 May 2013 22:21:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brian Summers http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/06/17/prop-8-case-wraps-up-ruling-expected-in-weeks/#comment-1877 Brian Summers Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:46:56 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=8931#comment-1877 Well, until SCOTUS does enter this “mine field in the culture wars,” individual states are going to continue doing precisely what they have been doing all along; allowing the rights of their citizens to be placed on a public ballot.

I, for one, am sick to death of that whole thing. At the rate we’re rate, I’m going to be an 80 year old man before I’m finally able to legally marry. Sure, I can go to Maryland or any one of the small handful of U.S. states that currently allow equal marriage. Trouble is, I’d have to live in those states for the rest of my life to enjoy any of the status that goes with that marriage. And, realistically, why should I be forced to do that when my heterosexual counterparts don’t have to?

Yes, it may take a few years for this to reach the Supreme Court, but I have no reservation in believing that it will. It has to. Because, until somebody official steps in and brings these backwards states to task for what they’ve done, we are NEVER going to see change.

]]> By: gary47 http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/06/17/prop-8-case-wraps-up-ruling-expected-in-weeks/#comment-1876 gary47 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:52:37 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=8931#comment-1876 This case will never reach SCOTUS. It takes 3-4 years for an appeal to get there, and the voters in California will almost certainly repeal prop 8 before then.

The justices do not want to enter a mine field in the culture wars. This case will be kicked out as moot the day after the 2012 election.

]]> By: ADF Alliance Alert » Prop 8 case wraps up, ruling expected in weeks http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/06/17/prop-8-case-wraps-up-ruling-expected-in-weeks/#comment-1875 ADF Alliance Alert » Prop 8 case wraps up, ruling expected in weeks Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:37:09 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=8931#comment-1875 [...] Washington Blade (“lgbtq community news source”): “In a statement, Jim Campbell, an attorney for Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative legal firm working on the case, said defendants would emphasize arguments they made throughout the trial. ‘The team of attorneys defending Proposition 8 will highlight all the reasons why Proposition 8 is constitutional,’ he said. ‘In doing so, they will emphasize the reasons why Proposition 8 is not only rational, but also why preserving marriage as one man and one woman is good social policy.’” [...]

]]> By: Bill http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/06/17/prop-8-case-wraps-up-ruling-expected-in-weeks/#comment-1874 Bill Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:17:34 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=8931#comment-1874 This will assuredly be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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