A quick weigh-in on the Supreme's supreme decision yesterday.
Although I was not surprised by it, I am generally pleased with the SCOTUS
ruling on DOMA. (We coin so many acronyms we're going to need to start adding
letters to the alphabet.) It bothers
me, though, that we're celebrating a decision clearly offering indisputable evidence that we have four justices with antediluvian views. We're still only one justice away from a
reversal.
I felt like the case was a no-brainer. What difference could it
possibly make to anyone to allow everyone to share the same privileges as me?
Carolyn and I will continue to celebrate our anniversaries even though Congress
will no longer be "defending" our marriage. Actually, I'd suggest we
need defense FROM
Congress more than BY
Congress, but maybe that's just me and maybe that's just THIS Congress.
How can those who argue that they want LESS government turn around
and argue that the same government they want less of should restrict the
freedoms of their relatives, friends, and neighbors? Although I don't really have a pony
in this race, except for friends who deserve equal rights (NOT a minor point, mind you), I have enough quirks
that a tolerant, open society certainly smooths over whatever minor discomfort
and bumps might result from said idiosyncrasies.
This case didn't really seem like a tough legal call, although I
understand why some would find it a big and bitter political pill to swallow.
Progress in civil rights has never been a smooth highway. I am certain that
this will not be the last time that those who oppose equal rights will predict
that the world as we know it is coming to some apocalyptic end.
As a fan of irony,
though, I promise to try to be tolerant of the intolerant, no matter how
deserving I think they might be of at least one of Dante's circles.
"How can those who argue that they want LESS government turn around and argue that the same government they want less of should restrict the freedoms of their relatives, friends, and neighbors? "
ReplyDeleteThey are the same people who argue that gun control of any kind restricts their second amendment right to defend themselves against the government, but give the federal military machine almost a blank check thereby arming to the teeth the government they want a hundred round clip in their semi-automatic gun to protect themselves from. It is illogical thinking thinking.