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A justice of the peace in Louisiana drew universal condemnation by refusing to marry an interracial couple. Gay activists insist his bigotry is comparable to resistance to same-sex weddings, but this analogy blurs the difference between unconstitutional discrimination and acceptable distinctions.
If a white man can marry a white woman, you can’t deny an African American the same right based solely on race; that directly denies the equal protection guaranteed in the 14th Amendment.
But a gay male already has exactly the same rights as a straight male: they can both marry a woman, but neither can marry another...
If a white man can marry a white woman, you can’t deny an African American the same right based solely on race; that directly denies the equal protection guaranteed in the 14th Amendment.
But a gay male already has exactly the same rights as a straight male: they can both marry a woman, but neither can marry another...
Discrimination Versus Distinctions