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With today being the first day for same-sex marriage in New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie has instructed the Attorney General to drop the appeal of the trial court's decision mandating marriage equality.
[Frankly, I think he's just glad to have it out of the way, one way or the other - I doubt he personally cares, beyond the political dynamics, and now he can say to conservatives that he fought the good fight, and to everyone else he can say he didn't drag the issue out to the bitter end]
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Originally Posted by gtc08
in my lifetime will all states allow marriage? should live another 50 years, so 2063.
I'd say same-sex marriage bans have, at most, five years to last. The issue will be back before the United States Supreme Court within a couple of years [there are multiple cases moving through the federal court system, the furthest-along at the moment being Sevcik v. Sandoval, where the Ninth Circuit just received briefs today from the appellants].
The Supremes aren't going to be able to find technicalities on which to punt forever, and there are probably fives votes on the high court in favor of striking down all same-sex marriage bans - in the same way that 46 years ago, they did the same for all interracial marriage bans in Loving v. Virginia. By the time the USSC would issue a decision in Sevcik v. Sandoval (say, summer 2015), the number of states allowing same-sex marriage is likely to be 20 or more (currently it's 14, and HI, NM, IL and OR are all but certain to allow it by then, with several other states having chances as well).
We're in the endgame right now and the final outcome is obvious to those really paying close attention.
in my lifetime will all states allow marriage? should live another 50 years, so 2063.
The year of "First Contact".
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