Tomorrow we find out...

I can't wait to see

 

I cannot wait!!! I sure hope they make the right choice.

 

I might die of suspense! :3

 

OMG can't wait!

 

A really good cliffhanger indeed. I'm on the edge of my seat and eager to see what happens.

 

*fingers crossed, biting lip*

The suspense is fucking killing me! I can't wait! (&&&)

 

I wouldn't count on anything special. You're all Going to be very disappointed.

 

mmkay. The rulings that MIGHT be presented tomorrow are far less powerful than you might think. First, DOMA being shot down would allow gay marriages to be recognized at the federal level, but it wouldn't force states or territories to perform them.

The second case, Hollingsworth v. Perry, which challenges California's Proposition 8, has a lot of potential outcomes. Yes, it is possible that the court will rule that gay marriage must be legal nationally, but having read the transcript from the oral arguments, the justices didn't seem very inclined to give us that kind of victory. A less satisfying, though more interesting ruling would be that you can't take away gay marriage once you grant it. This would legalize gay marriage in California, and secure it wherever else it has been granted. Also possible, the court may rule that the concept of civil unions is unconstitutional because it is separate but equal, and therefore any states with civil unions would have to allow gay marriage while other states would not. This one is really stupid, if you ask me, and would probably cause a lot of states to move backwards in terms of LGBT rights, by voting to disallow gay marriage AND civil unions. It's also possible the court will rule that the law was constitutional, which would make me very sad...

But no matter how you cut it, there will still be battles to be fought. It won't be over.

 

Tomorrow, no matter what ruling... Everything changes

 

I think for the Court, they are trying to deliver the last big four cases (DOMA, Prop 8, affirmative action, Voting Rights Act) in a single swoop akin to ripping a Band-Aid.

 

Welp...I know what'll be all over Facebook tomorrow and what my parents will talk about tomorrow. I hope they make the right decision. However, for Texas, it's gonna be a hell of a fight because it's in our state constitution. But the supremacy clause will take care of that one. I think for once, I'm actually looking forward to reading the news

I just don't know why this is an issue. I was writing a paper for my college government class and to my surprise, Republicans don't even see this as an issue anymore. It just an issue that can easily get politicized. I forget where I read this, but I think it was from a credible source. I'll check back in with the source.

EDIT: Heh, just realized this post was my 69th post hehe. I apologize for this immature remark.

 

Good luck yanks! I really hope it will all work out just FINE.

 

Quit being such a pessimist and let us have our hope. You never know.

 

I'm not expecting a ruling tomorrow. I figure it will end of next week.

 

I'll be watching CNN all day looking for a ruling. Hope they make the right choice.

 

I'm thinking that if the United States, a country whose gay politics is almost a fundamental part of the manifesto (or so it seems to outsiders), votes for universal gay marriage, we are firmly on the right track. Good luck tomorrow, Murricans!

 

I really hoped that DOMA would have been argued on the Full Faith and Credit Clause, which was covered in Section 2, rather than Section 3. If the case been argued, invalidating this would have essentially made same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states by allowing those couples wedded elsewhere to have their marriages recognized even by jurisdictions where the performance of such marriage was prohibited by law.

Maybe that's because I'm from Texas and I see a long fight ahead if the case is not decided at the federal level.

 

If this happens, then Illinois will suddenly get gay marriage after all those months of the state House doing nothing. That would be too funny. It's like the SCOTUS would say "Well, it looks like the IL govt is too inept to legalize gay marriage, so we'll do it for them."

Also, we wouldn't have to worry about IL moving "backward". The public here generally supports marriage equality according to polls, and if the legislature is too inept to move "forward", I guess they're too inept to move "backward".

In any event, I'm looking forward to some type of good news this week.

 

I think it's possible that Kennedy will support a narrow decision in the DOMA case (i.e. to file a concurring opinion stating that it's unconstitutional not because marriage equality is a constitutional requirement per the Equal Protection Clause or the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, but rather that the power to define marriage is not a specifically granted Article One power.)

The Court, unfortunately, will probably not decide that laws discriminating against LGBT Americans should be subject to strict scrutiny. That's what really needs to happen, regardless of the particulars of the cases.