Friday, July 07, 2006

And The Wedding Bells Rang Silent...

"The highest courts of New York and Georgia ruled yesterday that same-sex couples are not entitled to marry, delivering a twin blow to gay rights advocates that leaves Massachusetts as the only state in which such unions are legal."

A twin blow, eh? Call it what you will, but don't expect renegade Mayors to NOT marry as many of them as they wish.

The New York Court of Appeals ruled that a state law defining marriage as between a man and a woman is constitutional, finding that any new meaning for such an old institution would have to be written by the state legislature, not the courts. The Georgia Supreme Court upheld an amendment to that state's constitution, approved by three-fourths of Georgia voters, that prohibits gay partners from marrying or claiming benefits under a civil union.

The lawsuits have arisen at a time when 45 states have laws or constitutional amendments -- many of them recent -- that forbid same-sex couples from getting marriage licenses. The issue has emerged as one of the country's strongest ideological collisions, with gay rights activists fighting for marriage as a new civil right, and many conservatives, including President Bush, clinging aggressively to marriage's traditional meaning."

"Clinging" bespeeks a precarious position, and 45 states agreeing, might, just might, suggest otherwise, but I suppose that's the best the Post can offer when faced with reality versus a pet theme.

"It's amazing to be involved in a civil rights case that is so personal and be completely relegated to a position of feeling like a second-class citizen," said Daniel Hernandez, a real estate developer in Manhattan. Hernandez initiated the suit with his partner of seven years, Nevin Cohen, a college professor, after they stopped at the city clerk's office on their way to work in March 2004 to apply for a marriage license -- and were turned down."

Yes. Sadly, pedophiles, rapists, and murderers feel the same way when confronted with the laws of a civilized society, Danny, so get over it and just think of yourself as a modern day Rosa Parks, who can tell his adopted grandchildren about the long struggle for equality back in the days when sane people dismissed the cravings of every exhibitionist wishing to flash their pathetic weaners to the entire world.

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