Contents:
- GAY MARRIAGE AND THE ‘SLIPPERY SLOPE’
- SHOULD STRAIGHT ACTORS STILL PLAY GAY CHARACTERS? 'IT'S PLITED'
- BEWARE OF THE GAY MARRIAGE SLIPPERY SLOPE
GAY MARRIAGE AND THE ‘SLIPPERY SLOPE’
People agast gay marriage sometim e the "slippery slope" argument, that basilly says that if we legalize gay marriage, that will lead to a whole bunch of other thgs such as polygamy, polyandry, polygyny and other "poly" varieti. Moreover, California has e to regnize that lbian and gay upl -- like our clients Del Mart and Phyllis Lyons, who have waed 56 years to marry -- “are entled to the same legal rights and the same rpect and digny” afford everyone else, and that they should not face discrimatn based on their “lovg and endurg” mted relatnship.
Instead, did s job of upholdg the rights of liberty and equaly for all, cludg Ain Amerins then and gay people now.
SHOULD STRAIGHT ACTORS STILL PLAY GAY CHARACTERS? 'IT'S PLITED'
Davidson is the legal director of Lambda Legal, a nonprof legal anizatn dited to protectg the civil rights of lbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgenr people and those livg wh HIV.
BEWARE OF THE GAY MARRIAGE SLIPPERY SLOPE
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