tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12976107.post2449279521353201399..comments2023-09-21T03:49:07.151-07:00Comments on Thaumaturgic Ramblings: Marriage Is So Gaythe default attorneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00873527157432662218noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12976107.post-59799213885540001652008-06-18T23:30:00.000-07:002008-06-18T23:30:00.000-07:00I think that is one of the best "going from 80% pr...I think that is one of the best "going from 80% pro- to 100% pro-gay marriage" stories ever. :)whichever.whateverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04334368741926824632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12976107.post-36685515591689279612008-06-17T15:49:00.000-07:002008-06-17T15:49:00.000-07:00I don't think it would ever fly really, but concep...I don't think it would ever fly really, but <I>conceptually</I> I don't really see a bit difference. In Romer, several cities had passed ordinances forbidding discrimination based on sexual orientation. The rest of the state was incensed and the people passed a constitutional amendment that prevented "teh gays" from benefiting from anti-discrimination laws at all; the previously passed city ordinances or any in the future. Such blatant "bare desire to harm" a group and prevent them from seeking the protection of the law ran afoul of the 14th amendment.<BR/><BR/>I don't think this would be that different. Here, the state constitution would be amended to repeal a previously given right (though brief) of same sex marriages for no other reason than to deny them that very right. <BR/><BR/>Again, conceptually similar. I know marriage is a much touchier issue. <BR/><BR/>But more importantly, HI MELISSA, where you been?! Like the knew blog.the default attorneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00873527157432662218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12976107.post-6284706137526661402008-06-17T13:03:00.000-07:002008-06-17T13:03:00.000-07:00Romer v. Evans violated the Equal Protection Claus...Romer v. Evans violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Federal Constitution. Justice Kennedy has called it the most bare violation of due process; dividing out one group of people, for no reason other than they are part of that group, and taking the right to protection under the laws taken away from them. Gay marriage is different in that there are some (bullshit) reasons for the difference. These bans have been upheld in other states as well, most notably Hawaii. <BR/><BR/>That being said, I am so excited for my great home state. There is no way the amendment will pass. Where California leads, the rest of the nation follows.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588083893222791372noreply@blogger.com