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Prop 8 closing arguments turn on tradition

By Alliance Alert

Candace Chellew-Hodge writing at Religion Dispatches (a "diversity of progressive voices" on religion): "I thought about Naboth as I read through the transcripts from the Prop 8 closing arguments. Those arguing to keep same-sex marriage illegal in California are like old Naboth?arguing from worn traditions that a growing number of people find ridiculous?if not quaint. A case in point: attorney Charles Cooper, arguing in support of Proposition 8 for the Alliance Defense Fund, who made his entire closing argument from tradition. He told the judge that marriage is intended for procreation and specifically for the control of unintended pregnancies. He argued (seriously) that the state has an interest in marriage between heterosexuals because they have the ability to produce unintended children?so the state has to have a role in making sure those little mistakes are cared for. Gays and lesbians don?t have this problem since they need considerably more than low light and bottle of wine to conceive."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 17, 2010 (boomark / email).