Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules

Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules by csallen on Friday June 26, 2015 @07:31PM (#9788338)

> We didn't say "Oh black people should have rights, but let's postpone that until we can come up with the best possible way to write it in legislature"

Yes we did. Black people were legally discriminated against for almost 100 years until the Civil Rights Act. And before that, we were slaves until the 14th Amendment. Similarly, women weren't allowed to vote until the 19th Amendment.

I'm all for civil disobedience in the face of injustice. And I'm 100% for gay rights. And I'm ecstatic about the court's decision today. I think it was undeniably right from a moral perspective. But it was probably wrong from a legal perspective, and that's worrisome.

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Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules by DonHopkins on Friday June 26, 2015 @09:55PM (#9788752)

No, it's not worrisome that gay marriage is wrong from a legal perspective, it's worrisome that the laws are wrong from an equality perspective.

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Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules by vehementi on Saturday June 27, 2015 @12:00PM (#9790542)

Well said - and the non-understanding of this point betrays people's thoughts that this is an addition rather than a critical fix of something broken.

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