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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/03/25/will-scotus-transform-the-national-landscape-on-gay-rights/Will SCOTUS transform the national landscape on gay rights?
Posted by Greg Sargent on March 25, 2013 at 2:48 pm
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If the Court does go bold, we could end up witnessing a remarkable and historic moment. As Jeffrey Toobin puts it, such a ruling could answer the following question
with a resounding No. Either the Court would get to this point by affirming that laws that discriminate must be subjected to intense scrutiny, and when they are, it reveals them to be unconstitutional. Or, even more sweepingly, it could agree with the case made by the plaintiffs: that marriage is central for all individuals liberty, privacy, spirituality, personal autonomy, sexuality, and dignity, and therefore is a right protected by the Constitution. Either of these rulings would hasten the transformation of the country into a place where full equality for gay and lesbian Americans is the law of the land, everywhere a transformation that now looks inevitable.
LonePirate
(13,425 posts)I want to see swarms of same sex couples bombarding local government offices requesting marriage licenses from California to New Jersey, from Alaska to Florida and for all points in between. I want to see a nationwide day of celebration.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Not that I don't want to see it, but I think it's unrealistic given who is on the court right now. I think what will happen is the overturning of Measure 8 will stand and it will be legal in CA (which is a pretty big deal) and I think DOMA will be overturned. After that people in each state are going to have to lobby hard to change the state laws.
I hate to be a debbie downer, but I really think that's the best we can hope for.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)AlinPA
(15,071 posts)former9thward
(32,025 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)It's going to be a state by state thing. The good news is the states where it is legal the matter will be resolved. States like Oregon (owch, unfortunately) need to lobby to repeal the crazy law that was passed 9 years ago. It's the one thing my state has been assbackwards on.
and-justice-for-all
(14,765 posts)considering: "Almost six decades ago, the Supreme Court ruled in no uncertain terms that the doctrine of separate but equal has no place in American law. The ruling solidified the notion that separate is inherently unequal, and that it is also unconstitutional in a country whose 14th Amendment declares unequivocally that no state shall
deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
http://www.salon.com/2013/03/25/how_to_stop_anti_gay_bigots/
Ter
(4,281 posts)Now, I don't think so.