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Fighting Prop 8: Lawyers Ask Court To Lift Stay On Gay Marriage Ban

This is, of course, a natural outcome of the Obama's refusal to argue for DOMA any longer. Saying that they believe it to be unconstitutional.

How this will play in the courts and how soon are questions that might be resolved by this particular action. Or others.

Things are moving fast.

An aside>

I read today that the opponents of gay rights have been calling Obama the "first gay president".

Wow. What an accolade. Clinton was the first black President and then we got a real one within a decade. Perhaps in another decade we will get the first open gay President. We already had one but not for public consumption. (James Buchanan, at least).

Labels: gay marriage, gay politics, gay rights