We're about going to go to court about Prop8. Arguments are Thursday.
The... lawyers have at their fingertips a long list of precedents upholding such laws....They include arguments about biology, including evidence of declining birth rates and statistics that show high mortality, short life expectancies, and particular diseases among gay Americans. They can polish off their case with the comments of ministers and priests.
About sums up the conservative side, don't you think?
Problem is, this was written about a different marriage case (actual quote in the comments). In 1947, in Perez v. Sharp, the California court found in a 4-3 vote that anti-miscegenation laws were illegal in this state.
That's where the quote comes from at the top of this post: from the majority decision in Perez v. Sharp, which was cited in the June decision in re Marriage Cases.
Thanks to activist judges running amok against the will of the people, California was the first state to outlaw anti-miscegenation laws. It took till 1967, 20 years later, for the US Supreme Court to outlaw them nationally, in the landmark Loving v. Virginia. At that time, in 1968, the US electorate was adamantly opposed to interracial marriage. Indeed it wasn't till the 90s that a plurality of people felt interracial marriage was "okay".
Can you imagine what would have happened if Perez had been put on the ballot in California in 1947 right after that case? Or if Loving had been voted on nationally?
Here's what Mildred Loving herself had to say in 2007
The majority believed that what the judge said, that it was God's plan to keep people apart, and that government should discriminate against people in love......
I believe all Americans, no matter their race, no matter their sex, no matter their sexual orientation, should have that same freedom to marry. Government has no business imposing some people's religious beliefs over others. Especially if it denies people civil rights.
I am still not a political person, but I am proud that Richard’s and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, black or white, young or old, gay or straight seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That’s what Loving, and loving, are all about.
Support Mildred Loving. Support gay marriage. Please show your support by participating Wednesday in the Eve of Justice vigils the night before the hearings.
Update: Video promo for the Eve of Justice. Yes we can! Yes we MUST!