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why banning gay marriage is unconstitutional

Proponents ntend that gay marriage bans are discrimatory and unnstutnal, opponents ague that marriage is primarily for procreatn.

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ARE GAY-MARRIAGE BANS A FORM OF SEXISM?

Handg gay rights advot a monumental victory, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday led that marriag between upl of the same sex nnot be prohibed by stat, a cisn that overris Texas’ ban on gay marriage. * why banning gay marriage is unconstitutional *

Part of homophobia is unniably sex stereotypg.

Were the Supreme Court to adopt this sex-stereotypg argument to effectuate marriage equaly, however, is possible that there would be no need for legislatn like ENDA to give voice to arguments about sexual-orientatn discrimatn urts, bee nstutnal and statutory sex-discrimatn provisns (cludg Tle VII) uld ver sexual-orientatn discrimatn as quick fix to sexual-orientatn discrimatn has some ser appeal, but the fact that sexism and homophobia have much mon is not to say that they are the same.

SUPREME COURT: GAY MARRIAGE BANS ARE UNNSTUTNAL

As temptg as the sex-discrimatn approach is, also risks erasg the particular vlence of anti-gay bigotry.

SUPREME COURT RUL GAY MARRIAGE BANS ARE UNNSTUTNAL

Homophobia, surely, nnot be unrstood as sex stereotypg only.

SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

And, worrygly, a legal regime that unrstands homophobia only as a form of sexism would fail to prehend the experienc of queer women ught at the crosshairs of two forms of some ways, then, Berzon’s argument is a perfect ncurrence. She provis a nuanced and persuasive view of the anatomy of bigotry—but this argument should always be sendary, bolsterg a central regnn of homophobia on s own Supreme Court uld ultimately strike down marriage bans on sex-stereotypg grounds. Handg gay rights advot a monumental victory, the U.

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