Category: Law

Just for kicks, how long will this clip stay up before it gets pulled? 10

Just for kicks, how long will this clip stay up before it gets pulled?

Ever wonder why it’s OK for Mormons like the Marriotts to profit from porn? Now you know. As someone elsewhere noted: “I think this new PSA from the Mormons is much more helpful than...

Prop 8 supporters argue for stay 5

Prop 8 supporters argue for stay

So, just to keep people apprised, I wanted to lay out the arguments of the supporters of Prop 8 in their motion for a stay, plus provide some of my own commentary. They say...

Judge Walker’s Prop 8 ruling:  Evidence shows that a gender restriction on marriage is “nothing more than an artifact of a foregone notion that men and women fulfill different roles in civic life” 10

Judge Walker’s Prop 8 ruling: Evidence shows that a gender restriction on marriage is “nothing more than an artifact of a foregone notion that men and women fulfill different roles in civic life”

This is the first (of six) of Walker’s dismissals of Prop 8 supporters’ claims. The first claim was that “tradition” is enough to maintain marriage as between a man and woman. Walker states that...