Archives: Same Sex Marriage

The United States Supreme Court issued two decisions today which appear to be significant victories for the gay rights movement.

While predicting any court has never been my strong suit, it’s difficult for me to see the court going way out on a limb and finding a constitutional right to marry for same-sex couples.

A day late (due to the blizzard), perhaps legally wrong but politically correct, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld the state’s Domestic Partnership law in Appling v. Doyle.

My biases are in favor of striking downthe Defense of Mariiage Act (DOMA). First, it would be good for my business! But, more importantly, I fail to see how allowing two people who love each other to declare a commitment for each other is a bad thing for society.

Listen to Professor Charles Kindregan’s podcast on the Defense of Marriage Act.

Personally, I wish gay marriage was legal everywhere, but legally the current mishmash of laws is highly confusing.

Recently, a New York became the sixth, and largest, state, plus the District of Columbia, to recognize same-sex marriage. If the current trend continues, more and more states will also legalize two men or two women entering into the same legal relationship as possible for a man and a woman.

Although the Wisconsin legislature failed to override Gov. Jim Doyle’s veto of legislation to define marriage as between a man and a woman, the issue may be moot if other states recognized same-sex marriage