This clip from the dissent says it all--"Rather, it has simply declared syllogistically that because ‘marriage’ is a fundamental right protected by the Due Process Clause and ‘same-sex marriage’ is a form of marriage, Virginia’s laws declining to recognize same-sex marriage infringe the fundamental right to marry and are therefore unconstitutional… This analysis is fundamentally flawed because it fails to take into account that the ‘marriage’ that has long been recognized by the Supreme Court as a fundamental right is distinct from the newly-proposed relationship of a ‘same-sex marriage.’”

This resistance to same-gender marriage is based on animosity, if not hatred, towards gay people which has been mitigated by the intense exposure many of us have given to proving to others that gay people are very much like the rest of our society. How else to explain the now wide acceptance and recognition that marriage equality is now receiving?

Here are two links to Oklahoma court records for a man with the same name as Scott Esk.

http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/GetCaseInfo...
http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/GetCaseInfo...

I'm glad Spitzer is on the show today and hope he continues.

Wonderful news.

Corbett has since said he will NOT appeal, more good news.

What wonderful news and indeed, each successive Federal judge has waxed more and more eloquent in defending our gay and lesbian citizens's right to marriage equality. It's like a snowball gathering size and mass as ruling after ruling comes down in our favor. Will SCOTUS find ALL these rulings to be spurious and without foundation in the law?

clip Michigan advanced what it termed four “legitimate state interests” in support of its marriage ban –– providing an optimal environment for child rearing, moving cautiously in altering the traditional definition of marriage, upholding tradition and morality, and affirming that the definition of marriage is “within the exclusive purview of the state’s police power.”

If this is true then the first day of office for the Michigan atny-general should have begun proceedings to outlaw divorce!

Divorce cancels all four of the so-called purposes of marriage outlined in their legal brief.

clip The bible-blinded have been staring into the dying embers of their mythological campfires too long. No straight couple has EVER been asked by a civil authority who issues marriage licenses in any state if the couple intends to procreate or is even CAPABLE of procreation.

A different standard is being conjured out of thin air to justify continued scorn of gays and lesbians wanting to exercise their rights as citizens. Indeed, same-gender couple can and do procreate the same way many straight couples do with the use of in-vitro fertilization and surrogate mothers. As far as I know our enemies have made no mention of these scientific techniques used world-wide for many decades but we must remember that our enemies don't believe in science since it impinges on their deeply held religious beliefs.
http://apollosbrain.blogspot.com/2014/03/too-long...

Yes, MrTipper, I agree with what you've written; in a perfect world you've hit the nail on the head.
However, SCOTUS has four Catholic hard-line homo-haters with Kennedy having written in our favor regarding the Colorado Amendment 2, but he's a swing vote which means unpredictable, plus Kagan might have to recuse herself having been solicitor-general.

I'm not looking at the clear logic of your opinion, I'm looking at the numbers. Progressive cases before this court have been defeated by many 5-4 votes.

The various appeals courts might rule in favor of same-gender marriage, but the court of LAST RESORT, SCOTUS, the single court that really matters, will NOT rule for same-gender marriage.

Should this pass will married hetero-couples who have NO children be required to divorce?