Charles Coulter, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
It's hard to say how far-reaching the ruling by the California Supreme Court in support of gay marriage will be, but from this corner I want to ask, "What took 'em so long?"
It's unfortunate that states like Kansas and Missouri have endorsed constitutional bans against gay marriage, but in one way, those bans underscore the necessity of the courts -- state and federal -- protecting the rights of a minority.
After all, if we had left it up to the voters, school desegregation or interracial marriage would not have happened in the South when it did. In both of those cases, the courts speeded up a process that pushed the nation in a direction it needed to take.
Peace.
Charles Coulter is Opinion Page Editor of The Star.
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Tell mom
I believe we have sanctified marriage between a man and a woman.
I'll have to tell my Mom
who's remarried, that you've undermined the sanctity of her marriage, since she's far beyond childbearing years.
Civil rights
The argument is that the social good from marriage comes from is procreative potential, not from the sexual orientation of the "contractors". All of the rest is window dressing.
Why wouldn't it be a civil rights issue?
Civil marriage is a legal contract between two consenting adults. To deny a gay couple the legal right available to a straight couple is discrimination, in that it is unequal treatment under the law.
It's also anti-family, since it denies gay parents the same legal protections and stabilities that straight parents have.
gay marriage
It's beyond me how gay marriage got to be a civil rights issue. Marriage is the cornerstone relationship for procreation, and the propagation of the society. How does that work in a gay marriage? Sure, I know, not all couples have children, but a lot more straight ones do than gay couples.
What's Next Coulter?
-Legalized Polygamy? Marrying a duck? What?
The court's job is to assess any act to see if it is unconstitutional. The California Court screwed the pooch big time on this one )oh, wait maybe I had better use another phrase considering who I am addressing this to...)
Count on the will of the people to again be stamped in granite come Novermeber when they vote on a constitutional amemdment banning this practice.
What garbage.