Sunday, March 24, 2013
BIG WEEK
Bruni pretty well sums it up. Nicely.
This week the Supreme Court will hear arguments on two landmark gay marriage cases. Or, rather, human rights cases.
The oppressive DOMA in which the bigots admit defeat by trying to show that marriage needs defending and the Prop 8 case, which we are so much a part of here in California where rights have been taken away by a gaggle of catholics and mormons with deep pockets.
The fact is that it does not matter what the Supreme Court in its limited wisdom says or decides about this. The outcome is totally clear.
Gay marriage is and will become a reality. Human rights will be restored to a sizable cohort of American citizens. The iron grip of the religious right on the machinery or politics in this country will be diminished. The phrase "gay rights" will become quaint and anachronistic.
That last one will take a bit longer than the first two. And the second longer than the first.
It is a radical shift for the times. A complete flip of the zeitgeist. And I was there. With my husband.
Labels: gay marriage, gay rights, human rights
