Supreme Court to (finally) rule on same-sex marriage

[Andalusian girls]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...y.html?hpid=z1

The Court is currently hearing arguments for Proposition 8 (California's gay marriage ban that was overturned by an Appeals Court) and The Defense of Marriage Act (the Federal government's refusal to recognize gay marriages regardless of what states do) in the most historic civil rights case in decades.

during oral arguments more or less everything is falling into place though Chief Justice Roberts has been strangely silent and Sotomayor is proving herself more cautious than one would hope more a liberal justice. Kagan did not end up having to recuse herself and Anthony Kennedy is acting like Anthony Kennedy and arguing both sides of the cases at once.

while it would be ideal to see gay marriage legalized throughout the land it is unlikely + even a smaller ruling extending marriage equality to 38 million Californians (or more than 1/10th of the United States) and providing federal benefits to same-sex couples would be a historic victory for the cause

[Tyche]

Everything you want to know will be here...

http://www.scotusblog.com/

[archibaldcrane]

Scotusblog is not confident that a ruling will be made re: the constitutionality either way.

[Qalbert]

Oral arguments for gay marriage you say?

[Eurell]

Oral arguments for gay marriage you say?

http://cdn.bluegartr.com/customavata...r43834_102.gif

[Tyche]

http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-con.../SSM-photo.jpg

[Ddz]

^that is the reason why it won't pass yet lol

[Aksannyi]

That picture is glorious.

[Xno Kappa]

The whole "procreation a precondition" for marriage defense was rightfully laughed at today.

[archibaldcrane]

Lol, I love the rainbow pentagon "Fag Military" poster.

[Waraji]

lol That picture is fucking great.

I listened to this at work today, made me laugh in agreement at some points, although its nothing new.



Edit* The only reason I keep myself informed of gay rights issues in the US, and the only way it benefits me knowing about it, is waiting for the moment that they really give it to bible thumpers. Tears shall be bottled and aged for anniversaries of that date in the future.

Edit2* There he is again! Yahoo Article lol this guy...
http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uW.../164682387.jpg

[Salodin]

The whole "procreation a precondition" for marriage defense was rightfully laughed at today.

Can you quote what was said? Im assuming you mean it was talked about by the justices today.

[Kohan]

http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-con.../SSM-photo.jpg

Upon seeing this picture, my mind immediately went to this song:



I believe that my brain made the right decision.

[Jaybar]

[Ddz]

The whole "procreation a precondition" for marriage defense was rightfully laughed at today.

So if a straight woman is not able to have children, don't let her get married either!

[Ddz]

Some good coverage:

Live Blog

Oral Arguments Audio & Transcript

[Dimmauk]

Upon seeing this picture, my mind immediately went to this song:



I believe that my brain made the right decision.

This is my jam. Its on my workout mix. LOL

Also the equal sign thing going on in facebook is cool and all, but I'm not going to wear the ribbon

[Kohan]

This is my jam. Its on my workout mix. LOL

No one broke his stride, either. Do you know what he went on to write years later, which is also perfectly appropriate for this thread?

Spoiler: show

In addition to writing and producing the song, he also provided the voice of the skinny, whiny guy, Ling.

[Tyrath]

So not knowing much about the SCOTUS, how long should one expect this to go before they come to a decision?

[Grey Jorildyn]

I am still utterly ashamed that this remains an issue in our country. I just don't get it.