"Sixty-nine pages of blather" — Ed Whelan
Compelling! (And after all, Mr. Ed "I find it difficult to make sense" Whelan is the conservative blogger's numero uno legal resource.)
The bottom line: If religion is to be subject to heightened equal protection scrutiny (which it is) then so should sexual orientation.
It's hardly "blather." Even Ted Haggard could convert to Hasidic Judaism easier than he could shake off The Gay. Good for Iowa, and good for the conservative Republican who authored the court's unanimous opinion in Varnum v. Brien (.pdf; 69 pgs. of blather).
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Anonymous twit offers far more valuable insight.
ReplyDeleteI admit, I had to look that one up.
ReplyDeleteOh, my.
ReplyDelete[H]ow did the judges figure this stuff out, especially given that it took more than a century before anyone noticed the Iowa constitution contained this requirement?
Say what? From the same author:
ReplyDeletecultural conservatives are going to be just as angry about this kind of thing as liberals were (are) about Bush v. Gore. And both have equally good reason to be
Is Campos known in legal circles for this kind of bulls...iconoclasm?