Comments on Advance Indiana™: Indianapolis Bar Association Announces Opposition To Marriage Discrimination Amendment

So, 3:47, the Bar Association wants more marriages...

2014-01-27T16:42:09.759-05:00

So, 3:47, the Bar Association wants more marriages to generate more divorce business?

Interesting.

Gay marriage might prove useful to criminal courts. A pair of bank robbers can run off and get married and claim spousal privilege against one another.

you want a valid interest? All those marriages th...

2014-01-27T15:47:12.784-05:00

you want a valid interest? All those marriages that the crazies think are done under their respective God's laws, are generally undone with the respectful assistance of the Bar.

"That said, I am one of the 20% who told the ...

2014-01-27T14:48:02.155-05:00

"That said, I am one of the 20% who told the IBA to stay out if it. The IBA is not a body with any special knowledge or moral or legal superiority."

The legal ramifications of, especially, sentence two of this amendment will and could legal havoc for clients for years (until the SCOTUS strikes down all these laws on 14th Amendment grounds).

The IBA, as an organization with some legal knowledge, IS in a unique position to note the legal ramifications of this silly waste of time

I am opposed to this amendment, and would vote aga...

2014-01-27T11:06:55.538-05:00

I am opposed to this amendment, and would vote against it if I were a member of the House, because it seeks to make a policy choice within the Constitution. I believe that constitutions should be limited to setting out the procedure for effecting public policy, and not used as a vehicle for proclaiming specific public policy. That is best done through the legislature, which can respond much more quickly to changing circumstances and societal views.

I would support an amendment that bars this issue from the judiciary. This would ensure that the people, through their elected representatives, can determine what, if any, legal recognition should be given to the same sex relationships, and can freely tailor different degrees of legal recognition to different same sex relationships.

That said, I am one of the 20% who told the IBA to stay out if it. The IBA is not a body with any special knowledge or moral or legal superiority. It does not, and should not, speak for all its members on matters of public policy. Reasonable people can disagree on this and every other issue, and if members which to speak out about an issue, they are free to do so.

As with all single data points, unless we have a c...

2014-01-27T09:33:20.144-05:00

As with all single data points, unless we have a comprehensive moral baseline for the Indy Bar Association's membership, we have no means of understanding whether this survey is the opinion of a cautious and prudent lot or the preferences of a radical bunch.