WaPo: Opponents of gay marriage getting slimy and desperate

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Opponents of gay marriage getting slimy and desperate
By Adam Serwer


There’s a very big story unfolding in California right now whose ultimate outcome could determine whether or not gays and lesbians will have the right to get married in the United States.

The story concerns Proposition 8, the statewide referendum banning same-sex marriage. Having failed to prove their case in court, Prop 8 supporters are now attacking the sexual orientation of the judge who overturned the referendum.

Supporters of Prop 8 were dealt a blow last year when Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that there is no empirical basis for the notion that same-sex marriages harm heterosexual marriages and therefore no compelling interest in preventing gays and lesbians from getting married. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/opponents-of-gay-marriage-getting-slimy-and-desperate/2011/03/04/AFLxZ5pE_blog.html

[xchrom]

1. recommend

[rustydog]

2. "Getting slimy?" they were already slimy and desperate

[William769]

3. What ever happened to...

"Hate the sin, not the sinner"?

[vim876]

4. Or how about...

"separation of church and state"? I liked that one.