A federal appeals court declared on Tuesday that legal same-sex marriage is highly unlikely to drive heterosexual couples to a lifestyle of “sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll.”
A trio of Democratic-appointed judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down gay marriage bans in Idaho and Nevada, and tried to rebut an argument by Idaho Gov. Butch Otter (R) that gay marriage makes the institution less “child-centric.”
That passage in Judge Stephen Reinhardt’s ruling includes this footnote: “He also states, in conclusory fashion, that allowing same-sex marriage will lead opposite-sex couples to abuse alcohol and drugs, engage in extramarital affairs, take on demanding work schedules, and participate in time-consuming hobbies. We seriously doubt that allowing committed same-sex couples to settle down in legally recognized marriages will drive opposite-sex couples to sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll.”
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[h/t Kat Howard]
No S,D and RR? I’m going home.
This decision will affect every state covered by the 9th Circuit—except Hawaii, which is in a different position, having legalized gay marriage last December.
Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove.
I know it’s just anecdotal, but the only same-sex married couple I know have a 7 year old daughter. They’re two of the nicest, most caring people you’ll ever meet, and their daughter is brilliant and well-behaved.
They are a picture perfect family, and if you obscured the gender of the parents when describing them, any anti-gay marriage bigot would absolutely agree. Why it matters that the parents are both female instead of male and female is a matter of (incredibly skewed) personal preference, and last I checked human rights weren’t supposed to be subject to personal preference in this country.
“Tried to rebut”? Rather did, is clear.