How will the Supreme Court rule on DOMA and Prop8?
There are many who are already counting on a
victory on both sides of the issues; however, we must be cautiously optimistic
about the outcome simply because it is the right thing, the decent and fair
decision to be rendered: the equal rights which are owed to everyone.
If we are to examine the political leanings of
the Supreme Court, we might be a little apprehensive since there are a few of
the judges that have demonstrated extreme conservative views and voted in the
past according to ideology and not on Constitutionality.
Is this fact going to railroad those two very
important decisions that will either take away or provide basic, decent and
fair equal rights to a minority that the rest of society enjoys?
Or will SCOTUS follow a Constitutional map and
realize that human rights are basic rights, the pursuit of happiness and the
protection of privacy are the cornerstones of our society?
The issue of injecting religious dogma,
Christianist bigotry is one that should not be given prominence since it is our
tradition not to mix the affairs of religion with those of the state…and in
this the Founding Fathers were very emphatically insistent.
If the Supreme Court Judges opt to uphold DOMA
and Prop8 they would be incurring the greatest blunder of our times and erase
the lines that separate the state from religion; simply because not everyone,
actually it is a minority of Americans who oppose granting equal rights to gay
citizens…and there are some religions that not only accept but embrace the
equality concept…going against that would be favoring one religion over
another…supporting the Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Homophobic branch of
Christianity.
The road ahead is bumpy and treacherous, the
precipices on the sides of the road are precarious and the road itself may be
long and yet lead to nowhere.
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