Comments on: Obama Considers Getting Involved in Gay Marriage Case http://www.jdjournal.com/2013/02/21/obama-considers-getting-involved-in-gay-marriage-case/ Legal Industry News Fri, 17 May 2013 21:51:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Don Cripe http://www.jdjournal.com/2013/02/21/obama-considers-getting-involved-in-gay-marriage-case/comment-page-1/#comment-236728 Don Cripe Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:42:32 +0000 http://www.jdjournal.com/?p=56426#comment-236728 This announcement pleases me. As a straight, married man (and lawyer), I have always believed that people with alternative lifestyles should not suffer discrimination in life or at law. The arguments against the gay/lesbian/etc., community are spurious, to be generous. Popular Sovereignty is an arcane concept that was discredited by the Union decisions to prosecute the civil war. No State or Federal government should be allowed to abridge the rights of ANY defined minority as some have tried so hard to do when it comes to the gay/lesbian community. That abridgment is no different than the denial of human and civil rights to blacks and other racial minorities. It is time for Americans (the majority of whom support gay/lesbian rights) to make it clear to their various legislatures to knock off the silliness and support civil and human rights for ALL people. This announcement pleases me. As a straight, married man (and lawyer), I have always believed that people with alternative lifestyles should not suffer discrimination in life or at law. The arguments against the gay/lesbian/etc., community are spurious, to be generous. Popular Sovereignty is an arcane concept that was discredited by the Union decisions to prosecute the civil war. No State or Federal government should be allowed to abridge the rights of ANY defined minority as some have tried so hard to do when it comes to the gay/lesbian community. That abridgment is no different than the denial of human and civil rights to blacks and other racial minorities.

It is time for Americans (the majority of whom support gay/lesbian rights) to make it clear to their various legislatures to knock off the silliness and support civil and human rights for ALL people.

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