The Conservative Case For Gay Marriage by Ted Olson is a must-read, no matter where you side on the issue.
And I'm not just saying this because I agree with every word. :)
Olson's article in Newsweek is a window into the case he is about to make against Proposition 8 in California. It is a glimpse of the future and a shot across the bow of those who would use a tyranny of the majority to shred the Constitution.
Olson's words are prelude to those we will likely hear before the Supreme Court and a notice to his opponents that he's already thought his way around the objections that will surely be raised. The day is coming where we will look back on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the Defense of Marriage Act, and state laws discriminating against gay Americans the same as we do Jim Crow, segregation, and anti-miscegenation laws.
It seems rather appropriate that we are a week away from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I'm reminded of his admonitions that "a right delayed is a right denied, that "none of us is free unless all of us are free," and that "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
We all owe the Honorable Theodore B. Olson a debt of gratitude for putting the values of our Constitution first and foremost and bringing his formidable legal skill to bear in the defense of liberty for all Americans. Thank you, sir.
Cross-posted at A World With No Boundaries
And I'm not just saying this because I agree with every word. :)
Olson's article in Newsweek is a window into the case he is about to make against Proposition 8 in California. It is a glimpse of the future and a shot across the bow of those who would use a tyranny of the majority to shred the Constitution.
Olson's words are prelude to those we will likely hear before the Supreme Court and a notice to his opponents that he's already thought his way around the objections that will surely be raised. The day is coming where we will look back on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the Defense of Marriage Act, and state laws discriminating against gay Americans the same as we do Jim Crow, segregation, and anti-miscegenation laws.
It seems rather appropriate that we are a week away from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I'm reminded of his admonitions that "a right delayed is a right denied, that "none of us is free unless all of us are free," and that "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
We all owe the Honorable Theodore B. Olson a debt of gratitude for putting the values of our Constitution first and foremost and bringing his formidable legal skill to bear in the defense of liberty for all Americans. Thank you, sir.
Cross-posted at A World With No Boundaries
this guy rules....
Disagree, SSTM. Allowing same-sex marriage threatens our sacred, traditional institution of divorce.
When the deviants among us can tear asunder a relationship imbued with all the legal and familial rights/responsibilities of a couple of breeders, well... Jobu help us all.
Thanks for the uplifting moment in my day. There is hope for Republicans...They may, in fact, one day (surely one at a time) become truly human.
Now, I'll be waiting with bated breath for that lone conservative voice in the wilderness to argue that illegal immigrants aren't going to end society as we know it or perhaps even negatively impact Carguy. :O)
SSTM wrote: ..perhaps it's time we ensure access to good psych meds for some of our socially conservative friends.
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I am a big supporter of "Better living through chemistry." A well-medicated society is a "happy" society.
It's the slippery slope. If "we" let gay couples marry, then it's only a hop, skip and a jump to disco balls in every house, nude man-on-man mud wrestling, and neighborhood weekly BF circles. Or something like that. In any event, it will cause the total disintegration of our white het conservative social fabric, which is _clearly_ the homosexual agenda!
On second thought, perhaps it's time we ensure access to good psych meds for some of our socially conservative friends.
Let's go ahead, get this out of the way and move on. Gee whiz, we have ALL spent way too much time debating this. This REALLY ONLY affects gay couples and I am pretty sure they are mostly for it. I may be going out on a limb here, but I don't thinkl the legalization of gay marriage will affect ME one little bit. Well.....let's hope not.