Supreme Court delivers wins for gay marriage movement

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

I agree - it is unsettling. It should be.

I think it should be equally unsettling that, by ignoring Constitutional precedent and overturning DOMA simply b/c they thought it a "bad" law, the SC has rendered the two legally equivalent.

No , not in anyone's mind.

I will admit someone else said this but I do agree with it .


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Equal civil rights and gay marriage help to promote a stable community whereas polygamy and incest do not.

The short answer:
No. To promote stability in a community, defending a stabilizing factor such as gay marriage does not require one to also defend the unstable practices of polygamy and incest.