Judges and Judiciary
Sep. 1, 2006
Justices Who Decide Marriage Rights Need Help From the Poets
FORUM COLUMN - At the recent oral argument in the California Court of Appeal in a group of consolidated cases on the issue of marriage for lesbian and gay couples, two justices struggled with a question of chronology: When, they wondered, did the right fo
Forum Column
By Laura W. Brill
At the recent oral argument in the California Court of Appeal in a group of consolidated cases on the issue of marriage for lesbian and gay couples, two justices struggled with a question of chronology: When, they wondered, did the right for same sex couples to marry arise? I found their concern striking.
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