gay marriage...

[johnny99]

I just read the opinion from the San Francisco Court. It's really very interesting. He makes a pretty good argument that the same sex marriage laws are really gender classifications and thus due strict scrutiny. He also makes a pretty argument that the laws couldn't even make it past a rational basis test. That's very interesting to me, because he then proceeds to demolish the favorite argument of the family values set, that marriage is here to promote the birth of children. Well, if so, why should menopausal or infertile women be allowed to marry? Very interesting. Cheers to the judge. For a trial court minute entry, that's a well-reasoned and thought-provoking piece of work.

By popular request, here's a link to the decision:

http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/glrts/inremarriage31405opn.pdf