Same-Sex Marriage Update

Sun · 12-07-2012, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Greyson

US Supreme Court to take up same-sex marriage issue

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to take its first serious look at the issue of gay marriage, granting review of California's ban on same-sex marriage and of a federal law that defines marriage as only the legal union of a man and a woman.

The cases will be argued before the justices in March, with a decision expected by late June.

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news...issue#comments

This is taking way too long. I really would like to see some direct action protests happen before March so that the Justices get the message that we are not all sitting back, all homogenized and suburban, sipping on iced tea, waiting for a stamp of approval from them when the civil rights of so many have been stripped away. What about all of the aging couples that are waiting on this? Prop 8 has been ruled unconstitutional by the 9th Circuit court of appeals, the presiding district. Thanks to Mormon and Catholic money, that has funded the "Yes on 8" hate campaign, our state is left with this legal mess. To add insult to injury, the case is a huge waste of taxpayers money. We are in a financial crisis in this nation and we are wasting money debating if it would be too offensive to some to allow same sex couples to marry.

Seriously this is embarrassing. I have run out of conversation on this topic with my friends in Canada and Europe. It is impossible for them to understand how and why so many are so sexually repressed that they woudl invest so much time, money in energy in denying marriage equality. Even our own President, who is a constitutional law scholar agrees that DOMA needs to go. There is no way that he would take that position if this had a snowballs chance in hell of making it through a Supreme Court review.

On the positive side, it is going to be one hell of a Pride season when this nonsensical hateful roadblock is eliminated and couples can have the freedom to marry once and for all, as it should be.

Thanks for this thread so that I can rant.