Gay Marriages Threaten Americalifornia

I love Scalzi’s take on gay marriages and have little more to add. That (Some) Christians actually believe that gay marriage in some way affects their ability to remain married is perhaps the stupidest claim in the history of stupid claims made by (Some) Christians. In no way does gay marriage do anything to undermine marriage; it only strengthens it.

But I do have a procedural question: how does the California amendment get around the illegality of ex post facto laws? Here’s more on the relative legality of such laws in America.

Even if the state of California votes to outlaw gay marriage - and here’s hoping that they don’t - it cannot possibly force divorce onto all of the citizens who are legally marrying right now, can it? I don’t know the specifics, because I’m not a filthy lawyer, but as nearly as I can tell, courts have only allowed these types of laws when physical danger was feared. Gay marriages, besides not tearing down the institution of marriage, in no way threatens physical danger.

(Some) Christians really need to start being honest about what taking anti-gay marriage positions mean: they hate gays. That’s the only real way to understand it. Scalzi’s points - about forcing legally married couples to lose their legal protection - are excellent. Meanwhile, I’ll continue to hope (Some) Christians engage me in debates like these, because I’ll eviscerate them seven ways from Sunday.