Comments on Advance Indiana™: California Supreme Court Legalizes Marriage For Same-Sex Couples

I am a right conservative. I ama gainst any ban t...

2008-05-16T12:07:00.000-05:00

I am a right conservative. I ama gainst any ban that limits the freedoms of others. In short, I am pro gay marriage. I think gay people should be as miserable as us straight married people. =)

Art/Wilson, please don't label all conservatives the same.

Rico, They don't want special rights. Rather, the...

2008-05-16T10:00:00.000-05:00

Rico,

They don't want special rights. Rather, they want the ability to express their love and committment through marriage like others are able to do so. Denying them the ability to marry essentially legislates morality. Is there any other reason why we deny same-sex couples the right to marry other than society thinks it's just not right? We must stop legislating out of fear. If they want to marry, let them. How does it really harm society?

Rico, I'm sympathetic with the deference to the le...

2008-05-16T09:43:00.000-05:00

Rico, I'm sympathetic with the deference to the legislature argument. Here though I'm sympathetic to the equal protection argument. Gay people are being treated differently under the law as it comes to marriage. They have every right to get married and be as miserable as heterosexuals.

There's a legislative solution...California can pass a constitutional amendment to make marriage only between a man and a woman. The question is whether they can do it through simple legislation, which the court says they can't.

No, Art(aka Wilson), some just hate when the gay c...

2008-05-15T19:57:00.000-05:00

No, Art(aka Wilson), some just hate when the gay cummunity demands special consideration, and seeks it via the courts. The people of California already voted on the issue. Here, once again, is an example of jurists writing the law--Constitution be damned.
The unintended, and somewhat humorous, consequence will be companies in California no longer offering coverage for partners of civil unions. The gay community, of course, will cry foul, which demonstrates that they do, indeed, want special rights.

Hi Gary,

Do you have any idea why every time I log on to this blog I must re-set my password?

MissouriDemocrat, I get it. They hate gay people...

2008-05-15T17:05:00.000-05:00

MissouriDemocrat, I get it. They hate gay people...plain and simple...it is not a conservative or liberal issue. They just plain hate gay people. God told them.

This issue always confounds me as a gay man. Here...

2008-05-15T16:46:00.000-05:00

This issue always confounds me as a gay man. Here we have conservatives that cry out for less government, less government intrusion into peoples lives that advocate intruding into peoples personal moral lives. People claiming to love Jesus that blame Katrina on rampant homosexuality in New Orleans or 9/11 on America's sin. They seem so truly mentally ill to me. Flabbergasted is not a good enough word for my feelings toward them.

Micah is already freaking out and passing out bad ...

2008-05-15T15:31:00.000-05:00

Micah is already freaking out and passing out bad info. Got the email alerting me to the supposed danger a little while ago.

Quite true, Gary, concerning the quite significant...

2008-05-15T14:12:00.000-05:00

Quite true, Gary, concerning the quite significant difference in the way the Indiana Supreme Court deals with "equal protection" analysis. But I seriously doubt that this will quell the right-wing's word machine that will claim that all signs of civilization will disappear in Indiana because SJR7 was defeated earlier this year and will almost certainly resurrect it or some similar un-needed monstrosity next year in the General Assembly. Fortunately, your blog and others have increasingly helped shine the light of legal day on what has too often passed as "indisputable legal scholarship" from the other side of this issue. An enlightened public, media, and legislature needs to remain vigilent.