VOICES - Full marriage equality will not be achieved without the vote of five justices of the United States Supreme Court.
A Mitt Romney presidency could delay that for a generation.
Two major cases are currently winding their way through the federal appeals process with more to come.
A high court decision on California’s Prop 8 could be limited to questions of due process but the Massachusetts gay marriage law could directly address federal benefits to same-sex couples.
One or more Romney appointees to the Supreme Court would radically diminish the prospect of gay marriage as a constitutional right.
Making a second term for Barack Obama pivotal for the American gay rights movement this century.
(Los Angeles-based union activist Lou Siegel teaches labor studies at LA Trade Tech College and blogs at laborlou.com where these comments were first posted.)
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CityWatch
Vol 10 Issue 39
Pub: May 15, 2012