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There’s more good commentary on the Supreme Court’s decision regarding consensual same-sex acts here — Daily Kos: Sodomy decision opens path to gay marriage
Any use of consistency and logic would force the court sanction same-sex marriages, and invalidate any attempt to limit the definition of “marriage” to unions between man and woman.
This is huge. Our nation took a huge step today toward eliminating one of the last standing impediments to true equality under the law. Just wait until the press picks this up (they don’t seem to have noticed yet).
It’ll be very interesting to see the ramifications of this in time to come.