Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I'd prefer that too, but too many state legislatures are controlled by politicians who support gay marriage bans. That, or they're too afraid of challengers in their party primary elections to take a stand and take these bans out. For them it's easier to hide and let the courts do the work on this.
That's pretty much it. Before the SCOTUS heard the DOMA case the Republicans were confident that nothing would happen, as the case unfolded it became pretty clear how the court was going to rule. They could have acted on their own, but instead they let the court do it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by bUU
It doesn't make sense for marriage equality to come about legislatively. Marriage is a basic human right. Either officials should simply set aside the bans summarily because they're immoral and unconstitutional, or the courts should order them to. Passing a law allowing same-sex marriage promulgates the fiction that the voters have a right to say whether or not homosexuals can marry. Human rights aren't subject to voter whims.
Unless I'm mistaken, they wouldn't be passing a law allowing SSM so much as they would be repealing the laws that ban them.
Is it progressive when conservative Republican judges do it? You do realize it's the courts' job to determine the constitutionality of laws passed by the legislature right?
Actually, the job of the judiciary is to settle disputes according to law.
I guess my only question would be... Why would gay couples want to live in a red state like Tennessee??? They hold a "gay parade" here in Chicago every year. I can't imagine what would happen if they tried the same thing in some of these red states. But hey, for all I know, maybe such things do happen, and I'm just oblivious.
I guess my only question would be... Why would gay couples want to live in a red state like Tennessee??? They hold a "gay parade" here in Chicago every year. I can't imagine what would happen if they tried the same thing in some of these red states. But hey, for all I know, maybe such things do happen, and I'm just oblivious.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
