September 08, 2004
The Walls Come Crumblin' Down
The clear intent of the Legislature to limit government approved contracts of marriage to opposite-sex couples is in direct conflict with the constitutional intent to not allow a privilege to one class of a community that is not allowed to the entire community.
So has written Washington State Superior Court judge Richard Hicks. The Washington State Supreme Court will rule -- apparently within a few months -- on the now two Superior Court judges' finding that the "Defense of Marriage Act" is unconstitutional. Seems a slam-dunk.
Maybe it's time to forget the red-state/blue-state baloney, and draw up a different map: states in which Big Brother tells us whom we can or cannot marry, and states which recognise the inalienable right to "love who you want, how you want, when you want, where you want".
Right now, Massachusetts is a free state. Washington may be one by the end of the year. California can't be too terribly far behind...
Posted by Eddie Tews at September 8, 2004 01:12 PM
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