Comments on: Project 515 and Marriage Equality in Minnesota

By: Erica M

Erica M — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:32:43 +0000

Enh, I think the argument in favor of legislation is a good one. Project 515 was founded just to do this in an orderly fashion. Otherwise they could’ve thrown more dollars at OutFront. And they’re advocacy groups. What else would they be doing? It’s part of their mission. And if they don’t do it, who will?

A court ruling is still potentially subject to a vote by the people. Why not just get the people’s vote to begin with?

By: kevinfromminneapolis

kevinfromminneapolis — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:06:12 +0000

I couldn’t care less. I’m just saying that the reason all those groups oppose litigation is that they have considerably less power with litigation as compared to legislation. They’re not going to support anything that marginalizes their influence.

By: Erica M

Erica M — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:31:10 +0000

So you’re saying that litigation is a better way to get the job done?

By: kevinfromminneapolis

kevinfromminneapolis — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:27:45 +0000

Those groups just want legislation because it gives them more power. They can’t do anything with litigation, and that’s just not something they can stomach.

By: JasonT

JasonT — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:31:16 +0000

The Proposition 8 dilemma, if passed, will create an interesting phenomenon in California. From what I understand, it will not void current marriages between people of the same gender, but will not allow any future marriages to take place. There are tons of same-sex couples rushing to get married before hand, "just in case."

So what you’ll have is a not-insignificant number of same-sex marriages, but no more after that. Because of that, even if it does pass *shudder*, I’m hoping that it won’t stand up to much scrutiny. Hopefully it won’t pass, and we won’t have to worry about that.