tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302472392885336395.post1545250469891259220..comments2022-04-09T01:24:47.264-07:00Comments on The Importance of Same Sex Marriage: The Importance of Same-Sex MarriageSame Sex Marriage Importancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05131512682812512365noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302472392885336395.post-25612994948836271322008-11-20T11:52:00.000-08:002008-11-20T11:52:00.000-08:00Interestingly, it was upon the Loving v. Virginia ...Interestingly, it was upon the Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court decision (1967) that Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Brooke Murdock based her opinion that marriage strictly between a man and a woman was an unconstitutional violation of Maryland's Equal Rights Amendment. In 1967, Virginia argued that its miscegenation statutes were constitutional since they equally burdened both races. The Maryland AG's office argued that our law equally men and women.<BR/>The Supreme Court would have none of that argument and neither would Judge Murdock. Alas, by a slim majority, our Court of Appeals didn't seem to think that the Supreme Court's position was relevant. What else is new?!!!<BR/>Thanks for posting this!FuguesStateKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14271842690827237203noreply@blogger.com