Marriage Aftermath
The Times has up a great analysis of yesterday’s marriage decision and the huge blow is was to gay rights. Not only did the majority find against the gay couples, but the decision used some distressingly old-school logic, including the assumption that heterosexual marriage needs protecting, that children are better off in a straight families, and—the most damning of all—that sexuality is a “preference,” not an “orientation.” Not much was said about protecting the gay families. The anti-gay marriage forces are in the midst of a victory dance. And worse yet, the New York State ruling will give legal cover to other court cases yet to be decided, including the one in New Jersey.
For Gay Rights Movement, a Key Setback [NY Times]
July 8th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
Howdy Hothousers. I just wanted to pass along a blog entry I wrote on this madness. There are links to ESPA’s “write your elected officials” page.
http://blog.myspace.com/waxing_something
July 10th, 2006 at 1:08 pm
[…] The Democratic challenger for the California governorship, Phil Angelides, hasn’t exactly been setting the world on fire. However, he did announce at a press conference on Friday that if elected, he would sign the bill legalizing same-sex marriage that the current governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, vetoed last year. Angelides happened to give the statement while standing next to New York senator Hillary Clinton, who successfully dodged a question about the New York state high court’s decision last week. That was close—we were worried she might actually have to take a stand or something. […]