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Old 01-18-2010, 04:10 PM
Matt Algren Matt Algren is offline
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Originally Posted by Pablo Rafael View Post
I'm afraid that we have a lot more to lose than to gain from this trial. I see this going to the supreme court, and I just can't fathom that the current supreme court would ever decide in favor of gay rights. I don't see an improvement in the situation any time soon. The right-wind conservative judges are generally the younger ones who possibly could be on the court for a long time. If we lose, then there is supreme court precedence to battle in the future.

If by some miracle, fairness wins out, however, it would be a great achievement.
The alternative is to wait thirty or forty years until Scalia, Roberts, et al die. And that's unacceptable.
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