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Same-Sex Marriages

California Supreme Court Strikes Bans on Same-Sex Marriage – washingtonpost.com
Democratic Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) issued careful and nearly identical statements saying they support civil unions to protect the rights of same-sex couples. Both avoided taking a position on same-sex marriage, saying states should make such decisions.

What a cop-out. I hope Obama changes his tune on this after he becomes president.

The trouble with letting the states make this decision is that some states, I’m sorry to say, are largely populated by idiots. Consider that it wasn’t until the Supreme Court 40 years ago told the states they HAD to allow interracial marriage that such marriages finally became legal throughout the US.

Only 40 years ago! That’s pretty disturbing when you think about it.

This is why we have a government built on checks and balances: to protect us against idiocy. It doesn’t always work but, so far, it’s the best thing anyone’s come up with. (Short of letting me make all the decision, that is, and I’m the only one who sees the wisdom of that at this point.)

McCain, who last week decried judicial activism, “doesn’t believe judges should be making these decisions,” a spokesman added.

McCain is one of those idiots I mentioned earlier. If judges weren’t making these kinds of decisions, this country would still see black people lining up at separate water fountains and sitting in the back of the bus.

 ”An individual’s sexual orientation — like a person’s race or gender — does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold legal rights,” Chief Justice George wrote.

God bless Chief Justice George! I strongly believe, as I have stated here many times, that equal rights for gay people is one of the most pressing civil rights issue in this country.