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The SCOTUS decision that emphasized the unconstitutionality of those
statutes is apposite to this discussion. Just because a law is on the books
doesn't mean it's constitutional.
Mayor Newsom's strategy is risky and confrontational, but there's no reason
a Minneapolis city attorney couldn't go into court on Monday morning and
file a claim for a declaratory judgment. My guess is the issue will be
settled in the SCOTUS before too long.
This shouldn't proceed through the courts at all. If these renegade jurists had any sense of constitutional duty, they'd sent the complainants packing - back to the legislatures - where this debate belongs.
In any case, it's only a matter of time. The polls are divided, but the
young people support same-sex marriage.
Which young people? Home schooled? From religious schools? The sons and daughters of Islamic and Catholic immigrants?
It may take a year or five or twenty, but progress is inevitable.
Towards what, exactly?
Mike Skoglund // New York NY // Minneapolis MN // Sodom // Gomorrah
Reap the whirlwind, Mike.
Neal Krasnoff Loring Park
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