I wasn't the least surprised, based on the precedent of Loving v Virginia. In that case, years ago, Virginia had a law forbidding marriage between blacks and whites and refused(even threatened arrest) to recognize anyone who moved into the state. Once gay marriage was legal in one state, so long as the government gives benefits based upon marriage, it was inevitable and legally predictable that the Court had to make all states accept that fact.Darkhorse wrote:It is how this came about! It is the role of legislatures to determine social policy, not judges. By broadening its interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment the Court has given itself unlimited power. This will not be a good thing for us as a Nation.
how so? It doesn't force a church to perform weddings, it doesn't force anyone to do a damned thing except public officials who are part of a government in which Church and State are separated.It will also elevate gay rights above Religious rights in many cases.
for a few dear friends in South Carolina, North Carolina and Louisiana, the right to marry. For all gay people, the full rights of other married couples, in terms of estate law, tax law and other fundamental legally dictated privileges. it's a big fucking deal to them, and being friends of mine, to me.I do not see a winner here at all, what did the gays gain by this?
anyone who uses this ruling to think less of gay people, or anyone who claims that religion prevents them from loving and accepting gay people is worshipping a false and dangerous religion, IMHO.This has pushed more people away from acceptance of them than it brought closer! This is far from done, the push back from this will be hard.
I see this as nothing more than another attack against Religion.