With more gay marriage comes the need for more vows
Liberals have really lowered their expectations over the years. In a Supreme Court session that has seen the gutting of both our Miranda Rights and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the celebration over the end of DOMA threatens to drown out these dangerous regressions. The end of Bill Clinton’s hideous anti-gay law is reason to cheer, to be sure, but even this ruling is a mere stutter-step from the conservative court. Last week's ruling in United States v. Windsor is not the end game. It is not the gay version of Loving v. Virginia. Fifty American states still have the authority to deny marriage rights to consenting adults of the same sex if they so choose-- and most states still choose.Partying after a hard-won victory is fantastic-- and now that gay marriage is legal in more locales, we can all attend even more great parties, but it remains to be seen whether liberals care about anything anymore other than gay rights? Barry Friedman and Dahlia Lithwick pitch, "Now that gay marriage is looking like a check in the win column, it is precisely the right moment to ask: What does it mean to be left anymore? Is there even a left left? Or just a center that calls itself left because it is always standing next to the dude labeled 'right' in the photographs?"
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Joke of the day: A government agent walks into the FISA court. Wait, no, that would be too much trouble.
posted by CM @ 10:02 PM
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