The Civil Rights Case of Our Generation
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider the constitutionality of gay marriage. This is gonna be big.
It’s going to be one blockbuster of a history-making year at the Supreme Court.
The justices announced Friday that they will hear two cases about gay marriage. The first, United States v. Windsor, is the small step. The second, Hollingsworth v. Perry,
is potentially giant. With the choice between staging a nice little
one-act play about states that recognize gay marriage and a full-dress,
five-act opera about whether states can constitutionally ban it, the
court chose the big production. This is it: The civil rights issue of
our generation, in the hands of nine justices. As a reporter, I couldn’t
be more excited. As a supporter of gay marriage who is also a nervous
Nellie, I’m kind of terrified.
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