Prop 8: If We Win.
“If the Perry case succeeds before the Supreme Court, it could mean that gay marriage would be permitted not only in California but in every state. And, if the Court recognized homosexuals as indistinguishable from heterosexuals for the purposes of marriage law, it would be hard, if not impossible, to uphold any other laws that discriminated against people on the basis of sexual orientation.”
(Via: The New Yorker)
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Actually, that's only true if we win on grounds that the U.S. Constitution prohibits bans on same sex marriage. If, on the other hand, Prop 8 gets thrown out under Romer v. Evans on grounds that it was motivated by animus against LGBs, only California will be affected. In that case, same sex marriage would again be legal in California under that state's Supreme Court decision from May 2008. Such a decision would be helpful in challenging similar bans in other states, but would not automatically decide those cases. Instead, the proponents of same sex marriage would have to prove, for example, that Maine's Prop 1 was also motivated by the same animus.
This is the first time actual evidence, unbiased information and truth stories have been put before the court to challenge the Prop 8 movement… which is being undermined through the questioning process.
They have only succeeded so far because a large percentage of the population are generally misinformed about homosexuality and are therefore easily convinced by the ant-gay side.
If anything, this challenge can be referenced by other courts and law authorities who are genuinely interested in basing their law making process on actuality rather than speculation and mythology.
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