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What if someone posted here expressing the opinion that Catholics and protestants shouldn't be allowed to marry? Would that be allowed?
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Now, Yorick first juked left in response, noting that the world isn't just black and white, then he juked right and claimed Chewie was just trying to get the thread closed.
I just want to note that from a legal standpoint, the case of Loving v. Va., where Va.'s law banning black/white marriage was struck down by the Supreme Court, WILL be cited by any court that reviews the gay marriage issue. And, if Va's recent law banning these unions is challenged, which I'm sure it will by (by LAMDA, B-GLAD, the ACLU, or any number of other organizations backing individual couples), then Loving v. Va. will be especially poignant.
Remember, at one time, marrying a black to a white was an aberration, because blacks were less human. Then we came to see blacks as logically equal. Then we decided that not only were they equal, but they could not be kept "separate but equal" and must be integrated into one society. Following that, the ban on black/white marriage fell within a few short years.
I don't see how, when viewed historically, the trend regarding gays will actually look vert different. First, gays were anathema, and it was okee-dokee to make laws prejudicing those who were gay. Then, we came to see them as equals in humanity, if morally out-of-line with ourselves. Heck, even GWB says that gays should have access to all rights, even though that is always the quiet part of his speech (the loud part is that he is against gay marriage). The trend is set -- I don't see it changing. We can work as a society to stall or slow the granting of rights to gays and gay couples, but the inevitable is the inevitable. My prognostication, anyway.