Today will be an interesting day in history; today the Supreme Court will have the final say on Proposition 8. They will hear arguments for and against why Proposition 8 is good and why it is bad. After the 3 or so hours of conflicting arguments from the very different and intense sides of the spectrum, the Supreme Court will have 90 days to decide if Gay marriage will be banned in the state of California or will it be allowed. Attorney General Jerry Brown, a former governor of California has rejected the offer to become one of the top lawyers for the pro-proposition 8 group but has decided to back the anti-proposition 8 group. His reasoning for doing so was simple, since the Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay marriage last year he believes “That precedent provides guidance for this case as well. It’s the same language cast in a different wrapper called an amendment.”
However it is not only gay marriage that is going on the chopping block today it is also the 18,000 gay and lesbian marriages that had taken place before Prop 8. If the supreme courts rule in favor of the pro-proposition 8 groups they believe that gay and lesbian marriages would be nullified in California. Civil rights attorneys believe that even if proposition 8 passes once again there should be two classes of gay marriage in California; those that were married before prop 8 and those married after prop 8. This as I have already stated will be an interesting point in our history books, will we accept the fact that same sex couples are human and are allowed to marry? Or will we close our eyes and say that gays and lesbians do not have the right to marry? There really is no easy way to fix this problem; people will become upset one way or the other.
http://www.mercurynews.com/topstories/ci_11833279?nclick_check=1
I like the topic that you have chosen. Prop eight is something significant and will effect thousands of people. I like the last part of your second paragraph that proposed the two questions about either treating same sex-couples equally or just taking their rights away. I agree, that with what ever decision made, that the government will not be able to please both sides of the argument and there is no easy way to fix the problem.
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