well, honestly, the idealist in me would like to believe that one of the defining virtues of america is that we do not necessarily outlaw all of those things with which we personally disapprove.
If that really were the case, then why would we have any need of civil rights lawyers at all? The parallel that bunj notes to Jim Crow laws is very apt.
The nuance only seems to come in on the Federal level, where a majority still oppose amending the Constitution to enshrine marriage discrimination. They seem to have no difficulty at all, however, with inscribing it into their less-hallowed state charters.
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Date: 2004-11-04 07:20 pm (UTC)If that really were the case, then why would we have any need of civil rights lawyers at all? The parallel that
The nuance only seems to come in on the Federal level, where a majority still oppose amending the Constitution to enshrine marriage discrimination. They seem to have no difficulty at all, however, with inscribing it into their less-hallowed state charters.