"Baker v. Nelson must be and now is overruled ... ." (Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ____ (2015) Opinion, p. 23)

Justice Scalia's dissent is hilarious. Chief Justice Roberts makes his points very respectfully. Justice Alito is just wrong. And Justice Thomas has no business sitting on a Supreme Court.

I hate to be the wet blanket, but it's been a little depressing lately watching all of the supporters of marriage equality jumping up and down and crowing about how the United States Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8, and finally legalized same-sex marriage. As a supporter of marriage equality ( Read more... )

Six of the seven justices on the California Supreme Court have rejected challenges to Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to ensure that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.

[O]ur task in the present proceeding is not to determine whether the provision at issue is wise or sound as a matter ( Read more... )

One of the many false arguments that the supporters of California's Proposition 8 advanced during their campaign was that, in the absence of an amendment to California's Constitution, churches could be forced to perform gay marriages and could lose their tax-exempt status if they refused. (This is nonsense, of course: how many churches can you ( Read more... )