There is no shortage of people who have drawn the parallel between the separate but equal system of the post Civil War era and the current plight of the gay couples being offered civil union which "hold all the same rights and powers as marriage" while withholding actual marriage from them. If they deserve all the same rights, then why must they be separated?
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55 years have passed since "separate but equal" was a legal standard for black and white people. How is it that any court today could possibly decide against gay marriage while completely barring from their decision making one of the most important and relevant cases the Supreme Court has ever seen? We need a new Brown vs. Board, and we shouldn't have to wait any longer.
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It is quite shameful that Proposition 8 has passed by the 52% majority of California voters, but what is really shameful is the California Supreme Court's 180 degree turn-around in supporting the limit on marriage. Only last year it was this same court that opened up gay marriage, and now it's Justices don't even stand up in opposition when the door is slammed shut once again.
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It was up to the Supreme Court to control the tyranny of the majority, and they failed miserably.
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Now we New Yorkers must hope that our State Senators will follow on the coat tails of Vermont, Iowa, Connecticut, and Maine and ignore the sinking of California into the ol' south when deciding our own marriage policy.
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I apologize for the spacing, blogger is messing with me today.
