Legal Commentary

The Hate that Dare Not Speak By Name

By Professor University of Miami School of Law

I have nothing original or interesting to say about today's Supreme Court decision blocking televised transmission of the Proposition 8 bench trial. (This is the case in which a left-right coalition of trial lawyers is challenging the legality of the anti-same-sex-marriage state constitutional law provision narrowly adopted by referendum in California.)

Well, nothing except maybe this:

Isn't it amazing and in some way wonderful that where on the one hand it used to be the love that dare not speak its name, now it is the opponents of same-sex marriage who argue that they should not be forced to state their views in too public a manner because it might lead them to be shunned and ridiculed.

Of course, it stands to reason that anyone arguing that their marriage could by harmed by the existence of someone else's might have reason to fear some embarrassment or ridicule.

Irrelevant but somehow fitting fact: Divorce Rates Higher in States with Gay Marriage Bans.

Full post as published by Discourse.net on January 13, 2010 (boomark / email).