YOU CAN'T TRIPLE-STAMP A DOUBLE STAMP!

Interesting article on why the Defense of Marriage Act is doomed.
Like DOMA, the law in Moreno sought to keep federal benefits out of the hands of a group Congress didn’t like, and the Court held that those benefits had to be provided.

C'mon Australia, you can do it too.

From coinlaundering comes one of the most moving things I've seen in a long time: the Republican mayor of San Diego, Jerry Sanders, last year explaining his reasons for why he cannot continue to oppose same-sex marriage.

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Further to the landmark ruling in California, and following Marty Lederman's quick post at Balkinization, I want to repost a little bit of the majority opinion (from page 101):

There is no persuasive basis for applying to statutes that classify persons on the basis of the suspect classification of sexual orientation a standard less rigorous than that applied to statutes that classify on the basis of the suspect classifications of gender, race, or religion. Because sexual orientation, like gender, race, or religion, is a characteristic that frequently has been the basis for biased and improperly stereotypical treatment and that generally bears no relation to an individual’s ability to perform or contribute to society, it is appropriate for courts to evaluate with great care and with considerable skepticism any statute that embodies such a classification.

FUCKING. YES.

Seems like all I heard about today was the Oregon Supreme Court's overturning of about 3000 gay marriage licenses issued. So it was nice to get home and get on comp and see that it's not all bad news in this arena. Even though there's a few tacks littering the ground for this new step forward, I choose to be happy about it.

Well, that's not ALL I heard about. Also high on the list was yet another repulsively stomped on Howard election promise.. Surprise! Hey, all we need now is the US-Aust free trade agreement and then we'll have rilly expensive medicine and a two-tier health system that means the poor have Buckley's and then we'll be just like the US! And Howard can retire a rich, fat, happy man.


But more importantly than all that OMG CKR was finally on Battlestar Galactica the other night! Till now I have been watching every show with a little tingle of anticipation that he would show up, studying the blipvert in the credits ever so carefully, etc. And then this latest episode seemed to consist entirely of Really Significant (from the way the camera kept on them) photographs of him and him getting punched in the face all the time. So now I'm a happy chappy.