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July 06, 2006

Keeping the Straights in Line

The decision by the New York State Court of Appeals really is a head shaker. The 4-2 ruling twists itself into knots to try and justify barring marriage equality for same-sex couples. It could have been written by James Dobson himself.

The key finding of the court is that straight people hardly constitute anything more than raving nymphos who can't hold a job or manage money without the benefit of marriage. I guess the flip side of that would be that gay couples are so stable that they have no need for marriage.

It would have been nice if these judicial activists stuck to interpreting the law, rather than substituting the New York Constitution for moral arguments written by Ralph Reed.

Update: It appears that Andrew Sullivan has a similar take on the ruling.

Posted by John at July 6, 2006 02:04 PM