Comments on: Spark: Loving http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/05/15/spark-loving/ Religion, SF, and Other Speculative Fictions. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:24:04 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: xJane http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/05/15/spark-loving/comment-page-1/#comment-17822 xJane Fri, 16 May 2008 02:36:09 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/05/15/spark-loving/#comment-17822 Tammy (<a href="http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/05/15/on-marriage-or-whatever/#comment-17823" rel="nofollow">cross posted</a>) thanx for the link. It's a must-read. I think it's telling that the judges emphasized the fact that they didn't <i>necessarily</i> agree with their own ruling (although it does make me wonder which side they sympathize with), only that the <i>law</i> supports the ruling. All this bandying-about of the term "activist judges" (which I'm sure we'll be hearing soon enough to relate to these judges) has had a chilling effect on the judicial profession. Tammy (cross posted) thanx for the link. It’s a must-read. I think it’s telling that the judges emphasized the fact that they didn’t necessarily agree with their own ruling (although it does make me wonder which side they sympathize with), only that the law supports the ruling. All this bandying-about of the term “activist judges” (which I’m sure we’ll be hearing soon enough to relate to these judges) has had a chilling effect on the judicial profession.

]]> By: Tammy Takahashi http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/05/15/spark-loving/comment-page-1/#comment-17818 Tammy Takahashi Fri, 16 May 2008 01:16:43 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/05/15/spark-loving/#comment-17818 Here's an interesting analysis of today's ruling: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/15/california/index.html Yay for CA! Here’s an interesting analysis of today’s ruling:

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/15/california/index.html

Yay for CA!

]]> By: xJane abroad http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/05/15/spark-loving/comment-page-1/#comment-17811 xJane abroad Thu, 15 May 2008 19:53:08 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/05/15/spark-loving/#comment-17811 wow, I hadn't heard that. <i>awesome</i>! ...I mean, of course, that's exactly what I meant when I posted it today :-p wow, I hadn’t heard that. awesome!

…I mean, of course, that’s exactly what I meant when I posted it today :-p

]]> By: Elaine http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/05/15/spark-loving/comment-page-1/#comment-17809 Elaine Thu, 15 May 2008 18:58:01 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/05/15/spark-loving/#comment-17809 Late? Maybe. But quite appropriate in light of today's ruling by the California Supreme Court striking down the law that prohibits same-sex marriages in California, and in a fairly definitive way according to the reports I've heard. In a sort of echo of "separate-but-equal" issues, the decision among other things says that "civil unions" just aren't enough to provide equal protection under the law for gays. Late? Maybe. But quite appropriate in light of today’s ruling by the California Supreme Court striking down the law that prohibits same-sex marriages in California, and in a fairly definitive way according to the reports I’ve heard.

In a sort of echo of “separate-but-equal” issues, the decision among other things says that “civil unions” just aren’t enough to provide equal protection under the law for gays.

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