Another Marriage Note:
From Waldo Lydecker's Journal, this story on the latest word from the national gay rights organizations on marriage, which boils down to, indeed, one word: Don't:
'"Make Change, Not Lawsuits" was signed by four LGBT legal groups - the ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Project, the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), Lambda Legal, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) - and five other LGBT organizations: the Equality Federation, Freedom to Marry, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the Human Rights Campaign, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.'
Considering that much of the breakthrough litigation in marriage equality was accomplished by lawyers not associated with the Big Gay Clubs In DC, we'd be inclined to tell them where to get off.
Here. Now.
Considering that these are the very groups that have been caught flat by the marriage movement, and have never really caught up (well, if it comes to a choice between getting out on the streets and actually working for equality, or going to another black-tie fundraiser, which would you do?), and, in fact, have been among the biggest impediments to the fight, I'm inclined to agree with Waldo. I'd only add that this has been their message all along, so what is it, exactly, that's new here?
But, when it comes right down to it, I couldn't have put it better myself. Wouldn't even try.
Lawrence: Confusion in the Courts
Dale Carpenter has a brief discussion of what seems to be a mounting tide of confusion around the Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence v. Texas, which I had thought was fairly clear-cut in that it was quite obviously (to me) dealing with private sexual intimacy between consenting adults as a fundamental right. (Granted, it's been a while since I read the decision, and I'm not up on the fine points of interpretation relating to Supreme Court decisions, but still.) Carpenter agrees with that perception, but apparently the various circuit courts around the country are finding it hard going. Forest, trees. (I also have a sneaking suspicion that, if one were to check on who appointed these various judges, a lot would come clear.)
Sheesh. Particularly for those who are finding Justice Antonin "Answer the Wrong Question" Scalia's dissent illuminating.
There's more coming, boys and girls -- be patient. Here's another snack to tide you over, from Made in Brazil:
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