In the end, two court cases will address two sets of more narrow questions, but through the process, broader, more foundational questions will arise and be given worth.The outcomes will not only impact what is connected to these two specific cases, but many decisions surrounding gay, lesbian, bi, trans, and queer rights as well.
The episodes will fall into three sections: before the court hears oral arguments; after the court has heard oral arguments; and lastly, after the Supreme Court issues their decisions later this year. My guests will be LGBT activists, as well as legal experts who will help us separate fact from assumption and better understand what this important step in the struggle for marriage equality can mean for Pennsylvania.
Loving, committed same-sex couples can’t harm the institution of Marriage that Religious Conservatives seem to dishonor so.
But the point I want to stress is that LGBTQ Rights are about all LGBTQ or perceived individuals everywhere. We must no longer see one subgroups rights as if they are unconnected from another. And the achievement of some subset of rights is a victory, but still within a struggle that must continue until all are free to be who they are.
This is 2013 with more Americans approving of same-sex marriage than being opposed to it, and with broad bipartisan support for Marriage Equality. If New Mexico State Law doesn’t prohibit same-sex marriage, why on Earth would they not be able to issue valid marriage licenses to same-sex couples?
Is NOM implying that like race heterosexual marriages allow for racial purity from grandparents down to grandchildren? Or is it simply more crass race-bating?
Real Equality will come about through cultural change, attitudinal shifts, as well as by the passage of laws, policies and maintaining our efforts to be a more perfect nation. I encourage readers of my blog to post their comments and ideas as well.
The general prevailing media message is too often, the person who shouts the loudest or spends the most- wins, and it is time to attack that mindset head on. Real ideas, and reasoned dialogue will go further to solve real problems.
The show provides an inviting glimpse into not only the life of this one man, but into the history of our country and all of Americans as a people and as a country. I urge everyone to see this wonderful play. Sit there, in the audience and feel Thurgood addressing you directly, and allow that interaction to prompt you to consider history, the present and the future.
While much of the focus on the upcoming Supreme Court’s review of Same-sex Marriage cases has focused on the Court’s hearing of the Repeal of California’s Prop 8, a law that banned same-sex that case is important,but the marriage after it was already lawful in that state. However, it is the other case before SCOTUS, that is likely to impact same-sex couples in Pennsylvania the most. In that case, Windsor v CCCC, the Court is[Read More…]