Posted by
Playful Walrus on Tuesday, December 07, 2010 1:27:42 PM
Most people inherently know there is a difference between marriage and nonmarriage, even the kind of nonmarriage that two people of the same sex can have over a lifetime. So trying to explain it to someone who claims not to see a difference is like trying to explain that "blue" and "green-with-red-polka-dots" are not the same. How do you argue that in court? It is tempting to call the person color blind, but then you notice that the person behaves in a way that indicates they see the difference. Judge Walker, for example, is attracted to men, not women. So clearly he knows there is a difference between men and women in personal relationships, despite what he wrote in his decision.
As error begets error, the legal system moves further away from truth, and as such, loses more and more moral authority. It will only retain authority by pointing guns. Does the government have a people, or do the people have a government?
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