Some reactions to the iowa verdict
by Greg on Apr.06, 2009, under Science Life
When you take a step back and look at the basic legal argument behind these cases, the correct answer is remarkably clear. So clear, in fact, that I’m quite certain that future generations of lawyers and law students will look at these cases and wonder why it took so long for the courts to reach such an obvious conclusion, particularly in light of the extensive (and directly analogous) case law dealing with miscegenation laws and segregation. Once you accept the premise that there is nothing wrong with being gay (a premise which, I think, the vast majority of people–especially educated people like judges–accept), it becomes nearly impossible to make a principled legal argument in defense of laws that prohibit gay people from being married. It’s just such an obvious and straightforward violation of equal protection.
:civil rights, gay marriage
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