Marriage equality advocates celebrate rulings
Marriage equality advocates celebrate rulings
- June 26, 2013
- Charles Anthony Smith, political science associate professor, is quoted in the Coastline Pilot June 26, 2013
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From the Coastline Pilot:
Costa Mesa-based Whittier Law School Professor Judith Daar wrote in an email that,
on a practical level, allowing same-sex marriage will give gay and lesbian couples'
children, "the benefit of parental certainty." Daar, who is also a clinical professor
at UC Irvine's School of Medicine, wrote that while California law has "become increasingly
supportive of the rights of unmarried, same-sex couples to enjoy legal recognition
as parents, the status of being married provides the most comprehensive protection
of those rights." "To me, that's a small part of it, but I think it's an important
part of today's monumental decisions," she said in a phone interview. UC Irvine political
science professor Tony Smith called Wednesday "a great day for the Constitution,"
in spite of the questions the court's Proposition 8 decision raised about the state
ballot initiative process. That, he said, was "undermined" in a "pretty substantial
and dramatic way."
For the full story, please visit http://www.coastlinepilot.com/tn-dpt-me-0627-prop-8-doma-20130626,0,6604....
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