Marriage Rights Should Not Be Determined By Popular Opinion

Huffington Post
October 14, 2009
The truth of the matter is that marriage is a right in this country and it is available to the majority of the population at present. Equal protection under the law requires that it be made available to all adult members of the population, or to none of them. Allowing marriage to become the subject of a popular opinion poll, as has taken place in this country, disturbs the very principles upon which this nation was founded. Two consenting adults should be able to marry one another under our Constitution. All of the time and energy being spent on the gay marriage debate could certainly be applied to solving real problems affecting our society, rather than battling over something that under the Constitution should just be. (Link)