SBP
07-26-2006, 02:16 PM
Today the Washington State Supreme Court caved in its obligations of unbiased fairness to its citizens by upholding the state's so-called "Defense Of Marriage Act" (DOMA).
The court had the opportunity to make history by making the MORALLY correct decision by striking down this obviously discriminatory law, but instead chose to take the cowardly POLITICALLY correct course by upholding it. To the court's credit, it didn't follow the same Draconian reasoning that the NY Supreme Court did when issuing its opinion. The writers for the dissenting position acknowledged that the state legislature could and should look at how much the law hurts our families. Whether they will shall remain to be seen.
Now is the time to start writing letters to Washington State legislators urging them to take a courageous stand for human dignity in light of the Court's failure to.
For more info:
http://www.equalrightswashington.org/
The court had the opportunity to make history by making the MORALLY correct decision by striking down this obviously discriminatory law, but instead chose to take the cowardly POLITICALLY correct course by upholding it. To the court's credit, it didn't follow the same Draconian reasoning that the NY Supreme Court did when issuing its opinion. The writers for the dissenting position acknowledged that the state legislature could and should look at how much the law hurts our families. Whether they will shall remain to be seen.
Now is the time to start writing letters to Washington State legislators urging them to take a courageous stand for human dignity in light of the Court's failure to.
For more info:
http://www.equalrightswashington.org/