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Here is how I stated the unassailable principle that I believed would compel the Supreme Court to rule same-sex marriages legal: It is a self-evident truth that not allowing gays to marry is an even greater violation of the fundamental equal/civil rights all citizens should enjoy than not allowing blacks to vote. (“Same-Sex Marriages Now… Read more.
I have written many commentaries over the years on the issues the Supreme Court addressed in this case. Here, for the record, are excerpts from just a few of them. ___________________ From “Same-Sex Marriage Now Legal in New York,” June 27, 2011, with respect to same-sex marriages: I believe it is a self-evident truth that not… Read more.
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and agreed with the Obama administration that government subsidies that make health insurance affordable for millions of Americans should be available to all. By a 6-3 vote, a divided court affirmed an Internal Revenue Service ruling that subsidies should be… Read more.
There are far too many political and legal pundits on TV spouting opinions they blithely disavow as soon as those opinions prove either untrendy or dead wrong. And they get away with it because most people today have the intellectual memory of teenage twits. This is especially dismaying to a commentator like me who puts his… Read more.
Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. And tomorrow it will hear arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act (aka DOMA), a federal law that defines marriage as between one man and one woman. DOMA also holds that states that ban same-sex marriages are… Read more.
Not allowing gays to marry is an even greater violation of the fundamental civil rights all citizens should enjoy than not allowing Blacks to vote. (“Same-sex Marriages Now Legal in New York,” June 27, 2011) It is no exaggeration to lament that I have received more hate mail in response to my commentaries on same-sex… Read more.
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I was among those waiting with baited breath late into the night on Friday for the New York State Senate to vote on historic legislation legalizing same-sex marriage (hereinafter referred to as “gay marriage”). It eventually voted 33-29 to pass the bill. In so doing, New York became only the sixth state in the Union (plus… Read more.
I was among those who celebrated last year’s landmark ruling by the California Supreme Court that banning same-sex marriages was unconstitutional. Moreover, I expressed my hope for the national impact this ruling would have as follows: Now, let us hope that old judicial proverb holds true, namely: as goes California, so goes the United States. [Same-sex… Read more.
