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why banning gay marriage is unconstitutional

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.

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ARE GAY-MARRIAGE BANS A FORM OF SEXISM?

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

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

SUPREME COURT: GAY MARRIAGE BANS ARE UNNSTUTNAL

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.

SUPREME COURT RUL GAY MARRIAGE BANS ARE UNNSTUTNAL

Handg gay rights advot a monumental victory, the U.

Supreme Court on Friday led that marriag between upl of the same sex nnot be prohibed by stat, a cisn that overris Texas’ long-standg ban on gay marriage.

SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

"Today’s victory will brg joy to tens of thoands of Texans and their fai who have the same dreams for marriage as any others, " Chuck Smh, executive director for the gay rights group Equaly Texas, said a statement. Though the Supreme Court led specifilly on four gay marriage s out of a Ccnati-based feral appeals urt, s cisn legalized gay marriage natnwi, dismayg Texas' Republin lears.

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