Comment Legal Issues as Speed-Bumps for the Cause. (Score 1) 1364
This is the problem with the current state of play for Gay Rights in the United States.
Their rights and their struggle for equality too often get folded into broader, basically and wholly unrelated legal issues. This is now a discussion about freedom of information, privacy rights, defamation, etc.
The struggle for Gay Rights too often gets shuffled under the rug because of the stress it puts on our federalist, states vs. centralized government republican democracy. During the African-American Civil Rights movement of the 1960's, the high court did the same thing, because the U.S. Supreme Court avoids addressing constitutional questions if they can, and instead defer to the states to determine what is best.
Its happening again. I hope the Gay Community takes a lesson from the African American community. They need a leader. They need to rise up, begin a campaign of civil disobedience. Demand equal rights and protection under the laws of the United States. Make it so that the high court can no longer ignore the obstruction of their rights in favor of religious law.
Otherwise, these petty and distracting legal issues will continue to burden their cause.