It’s been all Prop 8, all the time in the LGBT blogosphere for the last day or so, with a sprinkling of Elena Kagan softball jokes thrown in.
Here are a couple of pieces I wrote about the Prop 8 ruling over at Change.org—they’re not parenting-specific, but may be of interest to some of you:
- Jehovah’s Witnesses Aided Prop 8 Reversal Ruling: Just how did members of a religion that is against same-sex marriage help Judge Walker’s Prop 8 ruling?
- Prop 8 Ruling Highlights Crumbling of Gender Roles: One of the more interesting passages in the Prop 8 ruling states that “the time has passed” for distinct gender roles in marriage.
Also worth a read or listen:
- Lisa Keen’s piece at Keen News Service (for whom I also write) is a good place to start. Lisa’s been covering LGBT news for over 30 years, and won an award from the American Bar Association for her coverage of the historic Romer v. Evans case in 1996, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an anti-gay law in Colorado and ruled that animus against a group could not be used to justify discrimination.
- Chris Geidner at Metro Weekly gets into the legal nitty gritty.
- The New York Times offers a sympathetic editorial on the ruling.
- Plaintiffs’ attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies spoke on The Rachel Maddow Show.
- Kevin Drum at Mother Jones adds a dose of reality with a look at potential weaknesses in Walker’s ruling as the case moves to appeal.
- Bob Egelko of the San Francisco Chronicle explains what that appeal process is likely to be.
