SCOTUS To Hear Same Sex Marriage Case Tomorrow

[bobabode]

"When a federal judge declared same-sex marriage legal in Florida earlier this year, it should have changed the way Bruce Stone does his job. The estate-planning attorney had for years helped gay couples patch together legal documents to try to approximate some of the protections enjoyed by heterosexual spouses.
But with the Supreme Court about to decide later this year whether that court decision and others ought to stand, Stone isn’t taking any chances. He is still writing up those power-of-attorney forms and setting up trusts out of state, and he has some stark advice for his gay clients: “Do not get married here in Florida.”
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over whether gay couples have a constitutional right to get married. But if the court rules against that right, the ability to decide reverts back to the states, and Florida and others might just slam the door." WaPo

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...a32_story.html

Here we go.

[bobabode]

This all hinges on two unlikely bedfellows, Justice's Kennedy & Scalia.

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

[Ike Bana]

Seems to me if Kennedy supports gay marriage it's all over, unless there's something specific in it that might turn one of the typical progressives on the court against it.

[Pio1980]

Constitutionally, I don't see how anyone can successfully argue that the State has a compelling interest in prohibition. OTOH, claiming "State's Rights" without recalling that phrase in a Southern accent as a euphemism for state sponsored racism is pretty much impossible for folks with an appreciation for history.

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[bobabode]

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

It looks like the forces of equality will win out here. Hallelujah.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...y.html?hpid=z4