wI have a number of topics related to same-sex marriage that I hope to blog about in the near future, but I don't know how long it will take me to cover everything. So I thought perhaps a preview was in order.
At MarriageDebate.com Eve Tushnet has asked whether the question of whether gays should be able to marry is a matter that should be left to the states. My short answer is that no it should not. All states should respect this basic principle of equal protection. That being said, I don't think a national solution will be imposed in either direction anytime in the near future. So for the time being there will be different state with different answers and we are going to have to deal with that fact. The solution I believe is not for a state without SSM to ignore all such marriages and all its consequences for all purposes. What sort of guidelines, though, that I believe it makes sense for the state to follow will take some time to explain. Therefore my long answer will have to wait a bit.
I also want to report on a symposium I attended Friday at Quinnipiac University. The whole day was quite interesting with wonderful speakers on both sides of the issue discussing a variety of topics as they relate to same-sex marriage. Eventually I hope to write at least one post on each of the seven "sessions" of the symposium. Tom Sylvester of the Family Scholars Blog was also there--and probably took better notes than I did--so I'll be quite interested to see his reports on the day.
Finally, the Massachusetts legislators meet again tomorrow as a constitutional convention to continue debating moving forward an amendment to ban same-sex marriage in that state in 2006. I'm sure I'll have something to say about the events there.
And yes I know if I had just written one of those posts instead of this long preview, I would have probably made better use of my time. Oh well.
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