grr aargh
These people are not activist judges or local officials [cnn].
Honestly, I'm not a fan of marriage or religion. Maybe the whole institution is outdated and should be reconsidered. Maybe there should be a civil contract for everyone and churches could still be allowed to do their rituals as they see fit. Maybe this is crazy talk: but we might think about keeping the church separate from the state.
But for now, I really like civil rights and using the Constitution to take away rights is repulsive. Furthermore, you don't even have a vote in the process (yet); so why don't you just shut up and think about bombs or retirement.
Yours,
a concerned citizen
Some interesting articles on these topics are: San Francisco chooses the wrong way to flout the state, by Richard Thompson Ford; and both Bad City - What's an Attorney General to Do? and Full Faith and Credulous by Dahlia Lithwick (my favorite S.Ct. writer).
It's amazing to me how quickly this has come to the forefront of our country's politics. I thought for sure after Lawrence v. Texas that it would be at least a couple years before we saw any major decisions or movement on the issue. Scalia's prediction (or was it a self-fulfilling prophecy) may just come true.
so