(December 7, 2012 at 8:34 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: However, even if the ruling is narrow in scope, it will serve as precedent for future decisions. So while a win may not provide immediate nationwide relief, it will be a significant step in the right direction.
I think that's kinda what it comes down to. If the SCOTUS rules in our favor, it wouldn't be hard to have same sex marriage approved in other states like Texas, North Carolina or Utah. All you have to do is keep pressing the issue before enough judges until it's either overturned or it's before the supreme court. In fact, I can't help but imagine that some of the anti-marriage crowd would try to redouble their efforts elsewhere if stopping marriage equality becomes an obviously loosing battle for them (which actually kinda terrifies me when I think about the kind of places they may decide to put that time and energy if not preventing same sex marriage).
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
