http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/07/supreme-court-will-hear-gay-marriage Comments On: Supreme Court Will Hear Gay Marriage by Dominic Holden en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
I must be missing something too. This makes me not very hopeful about what they will say about prop 8.
Posted by limbomonkey]]> Sun, 09 Dec 2012 06:36:15 -0800 The Stranger Posted by clashfan]]> Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:19:22 -0800 The Stranger http://themoderatevoice.com/25108/gay-ma…

That shows that interracial marriage was at 70% opposed the year AFTER Loving, and didn't get to more supporters than opposed until around 1990. Gay marriage is WAY ahead of that, but the same generational shift will happen.
Posted by Hanoumatoi]]> Sat, 08 Dec 2012 10:47:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ken Mehlman]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:24:48 -0800 The Stranger
And Kennedy, for his part, seems really sore that he didn't get to play emperor with his vote and opinion on the Affordable Care Act. He is not a swing, moderate voter and he hasn't been since Bush v. Gore. (WiS is right and Phoebe is wrong.) He has gone over to the looney edge with Scalia and Thomas.

They don't seem to be getting along, is what I'm saying. The judges have taken sides and it's gotten personal. I actually have more hope for Roberts and (incredibly) Alito than I do for Kennedy, Scalia, and Thomas. And they all seem healthy enough right now. I don't think Obama will be appointing their replacements. But we sure can dream.
Posted by floater]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:13:22 -0800 The Stranger
What I'm getting at is that, one way or another, if DOMA is struck down, the recognition (some may say invention, which I don't object to because I believe rather fervently that rights do not exist in nature; ask a lion if she recognizes the gazelle's right to life) of a more universal right to marriage on the part of same-sex couples will follow in a few steps.
Posted by thelyamhound]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:28:26 -0800 The Stranger
When I was in the military in the early 1980s, we could drink on base at age 18, regardless of the drinking age off base in whatever state we were in (the drinking age varied from state to state back then). We only had to comply with the state drinking age if we left the base. As a result, the enlisted club on base was packed with 18-20 year olds on weekends. Good times! :-)
Posted by Reverse Polarity]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:45:20 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ken Mehlman]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:26:59 -0800 The Stranger
My guess is that you may be right regarding the rulings (basically, that the SCOTUS will uphold Windsor and strike down Hollingsworth/Perry), but that the distinction will become moot--that there will be so many loopholes by which marital recognition can be achieved that it will actually be less expensive, and less hassle, for states that don't currently recognize gay marriage to do so.
Posted by thelyamhound]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:01:27 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ken Mehlman]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:40:17 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:08:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by thelyamhound]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:05:30 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ken Mehlman]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:43:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:39:16 -0800 The Stranger
But then, silly me, it won't happen. He doesn't have a heart.
Posted by Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:58:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Bauhaus I]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:40:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Bauhaus I]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:39:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by GermanSausage]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:33:52 -0800 The Stranger
Why stop with Kennedy, Ginsberg and Breyer? Why can't Thomas and Scalia retire, too?

A gay can dream.
Posted by Clayton]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:56:28 -0800 The Stranger
It likely all comes down to Kennedy, which is why the District Court's opinion, some say, was written as a "love letter" to Kennedy.
Posted by California]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:47:38 -0800 The Stranger not a sure ally.

They're free to rule on the merits of lower court decisions, or anything at all. These twisted psychopaths will set the clock back 30 years by the time they're through.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!
Posted by Original Andrew]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:46:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pope Buck I]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:45:54 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ken Mehlman]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:38:09 -0800 The Stranger Ms'd by a mile
Posted by rob!]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:33:37 -0800 The Stranger
It also seems to me that if they overturn Prop 8 on equal protection grounds, that would render most of DOMA moot. But I am certainly no legal scholar, so I may be missing something there.
Posted by bleedingheartlibertarian]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:33:00 -0800 The Stranger