Supreme Court Ruling on Gay Marriage

[AGDee]

I wish they had gone a step further and ruled CA's Prop 8 Unconstitutional so the laws in the other 35 states had to fall also. Baby steps I guess.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by amanda6035

Supreme Court strikes down DOMA, Proposition 8

To be clear, they didn't strike down Prop 8. They dismissed the appeal of the district court's decision striking it down.

What I find really interesting is the alignment on the Prop 8 decision.

Originally Posted by AGDee

I wish they had gone a step further and ruled CA's Prop 8 Unconstitutional so the laws in the other 35 states had to fall also. Baby steps I guess.

I understand the sentiment, but that could have been disastrous. It doesn't work well when the Court tries to set policy for the country. Witness Roe v. Wade -- even if one likes the outcome (and there are lots of legal scholars who like the outcome but think the decision is legally wrong), there's no question that the decision polarized the abortion issue in a way that might have been avoided or lessened had it been left to the states to work things out legislatively.

There will be more lawsuits and more chances to deal with the question, but for now, the Court took the most prudent course.