While the United States is occupied with the federal challenge to California’s Proposition 8, Canada has its own pending marriage case, which is likely headed for the Canadian Supreme Court. Canada, which redefined marriage nationwide to include same-sex couples in…
On Friday, the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously repudiated the idea that marriage is about something more than securing government approval of adult desires. In the court’s formulation (the decision is on line here), Iowa’s constitution mandated a redefinition of marriage…
After Proposition 8, the California marriage amendment, was approved by voters on November 4, the city and county of San Francisco along with pressure groups and celebrity lawyers attacked the measure in the California Supreme Court. Their novel theory is…
Connecticut has become the third state where a high court has ruled that a hitherto unknown (and still unwritten) provision of the state’s constitution mandated redefining marriage to include same-sex couples. Like California, the state legislature had already provided all…
