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Re: Minnesota legalizes same-sex marriage
« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2013, 04:30:46 pm »
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And, in my book, all was done without having to go to the courts.  Whether it's done by elected officials, or direct vote it will create much less of a legal push back in the long haul.



I'm familiar with your point, and to some extent I agree. But I also recognize that in our constitutional democracy it is the job of the courts to protect the rights of the minority...and the harm suffered by LGBTQ people denied marriage rights is real, right here, right now, and in many cases irreparable.

(For example, couples that have been together for decades, and one partner dies before marriage is legally available to them.)

So if the courts can provide remedy, I will not ask a single LGBTQ person to wait to be treated as a full and equal citizen of this country.
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Re: Minnesota legalizes same-sex marriage
« Reply #16 on: May 15, 2013, 05:45:04 pm »
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So if the courts can provide remedy, I will not ask a single LGBTQ person to wait to be treated as a full and equal citizen of this country.

 
Yup, yup, yup.

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