You Must Let Us Marry on Your Property
Suppose you decide to rent your wedding hall out to couples to hold their weddings but you also hold a religious belief that marriage is the union of a husband ...
Fifteen States Come to DOMA’s Defense
The decision of the Obama administration to change sides in the litigation over the Defense of Marriage Act got lots of mainstream press attention. The recent decision of 15 states ...
Getting the Facts Wrong: Federal District Court on DOMA
In its haste to get a footnote in the history of marriage redefinition, the federal court in Connecticut that yesterday held DOMA was unconstitutional appears to have made a major ...
Another Study on Same-Sex Couple Parenting
Though it is likely to get lost in the attention paid to the more ambitious studies that have generated so much discussion this week, a recent study in the Journal ...
Senators Come to the Defense of DOMA
Yesterday, amicus briefs were filed in support of the Defense of Marriage Act in the Ninth Circuit. A week before, the excellent attorneys who have intervened in the case representing ...
Is Gay Marriage Inevitable? A Continuing Series
A common refrain in the debate over same-sex marriage is that we ought to support the idea as soon as possible in order to be on the right side of ...
A Conclusion Not Anchored in Reality
Today’s Prop 8 decision is disappointing, if not surprising. Adding to Kathryn’s excellent comment below, a couple of legal observations.
The court’s legal premise is pretty novel. Judge Walker rules that ...
Defense of Marriage Act Decision
The Boston decision lacks seriousness. The judge answered a question that wasn’t being asked. He says the 14th Amendment requires that marriage be redefined, but the question was whether Massachusetts ...
The Proposition 8 Decision
The document released by the California Supreme Court is 185 pages long, comprising a 136-page majority opinion (written by Chief Justice Ronald George, who wrote the opinion redefining marriage in ...
Proposition 8 Decision Online
The decision is online here although access is a little spotty. It’s 185 pages so you may decide not to kill an afternoon over it. I’ll post an analysis ...