kyburg: (no on 8)
kyburg ([personal profile] kyburg) wrote2009-05-28 03:52 pm
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Hoooookay.

Last word on the Prop 8 front - they're taking it Federal.

As in, you can't do that on a state level - it conflicts with the Federal level, with regards to discrimination.

Which, if you recall - hasn't been exactly receptive to the whole idea.

...

Anyone besides me think is a Bad Idea?

Like, the SCOTUS probably won't even see the case?

But the stakes couldn't be any more juicy - they win it there, it's automatically everywhere, New York, Neeeeew Yaaaaahrk.

*sighs*

Things remain harder than they need to be, nobody is really looking hard enough at this to see it means less government, not more and I can't see where it's changed/threatned me in the least. I mean, 18,000 cases already exist and I don't know any of them (except George, and that's at a significant remove).

Going home now.

[identity profile] taiki.livejournal.com 2009-05-29 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Quite frankly, having 18,000 cases that are already recognized while denying new ones is a constitutional crisis of minor proportions.

The big question here is, and this is a question that should be answered sooner rather than later, how does this play against the 14th Amendment and the precedent set by Lawrence v Texas?