Marriage license should be available to all couples
Re: “Judge’s ruling on gay marriage shows his own bias,” From Readers, Aug. 9
Kevin Tait’s comments about the Proposition 8 court decision trotted out the same old tired arguments from those who still believe in special rights for heterosexuals when it comes to marriage. How can he deny “discriminatory intent” when the entire purpose of Proposition 8 was to explicitly deny gay and lesbian couples the right to obtain a marriage license?
His argument that Judge Walker “did not understand the essential public purpose of marriage” is just so much collectivist claptrap. The marriage license is a civil (not religious) document that makes no mention of procreation or “attaching mothers and fathers to their children.” It simply allows two consenting adults to enter into a marriage contract, and as such, should be available to all couples regardless of gender.
That is the essence of Judge Walker’s ruling, and it was the correct one.
David Lampo
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