Hip, Hip, Hip, HUZZAH, SCOTUS!

Jun 26, 2015 10:36

Three very loud cheers for SCOTUS for at long last handing down the 21st Century version of Virginia v. Loving. I wish it had been done earlier, but at least now it is DONE.

And this case is, I hasten to repeat, the same-sex version of Virginia v Loving, right down to the arguments used against it. The ONLY argument against this case -- I'd name it but I can't find the damn official name; all the papers are just calling it "the same sex marriage case" --the ONLY argument not used previously for Virginia v Loving, from "God's agin' it" to "it's just gross" is that same sex marriage should be compared not to Virginia v Loving but instead compared to Roe v Wade.

Yes, folks have actually stood on their hind legs in front of God and everybody and announced that a "marry whom you will" case is not analogous to a previous "marry whom you will" case but instead a "your body is your own... but everybody else gets a right to protest what you do with it" case.

SCOTUS may have stuck their finger in the air to see which way the wind was blowing before they had the nerve to actually rule, they may have had zero choice but to rule in this way, but at long last the wait and even the shadow of doubt are over.
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