Yes, it is.
In 1948, the California Supreme Court ruled that the ban on inter-racial marriage was unconstitutional with a 4-3 decision (Perez v. Sharp a/k/a Perez v. Lippold and Perez v. Moroney).
In 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled that the ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional with a 4-3 decision (City and County of San Francisco v. State of California, Tyler v. State of California, Woo v. Lockyer, Clinton v. State of California, Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Education Fund v. City and County of San Francisco, %26amp; Campaign for California Families v. Newsom).
In 1948, those who supported the inter-racial marriage ban would say black people could marry all they wanted as long as they married other black people, and white people could marry all they wanted as long as they married other white people.
In 2008, those who support the same-sex marriage ban will say men and women can marry all they want to as long as men marry women and women marry men.
In 1959, they said that inter-racial marriage was unnatural and not what God intended in their court argument of ';Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.';
In 2008, they say that same-sex marriage is unnatural and not what God intended in their argument of ';God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.';
In 1967, the Supreme Court of the United States said that marriage bans deprive people ';of liberty without due process of law in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men. Marriage is one of the ';basic civil rights of man,'; fundamental to our very existence and survival. To deny this fundamental freedom... is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry... resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State.
And one day all of the states of the United States will no longer tell their citizens that they are not equal and are neither wanted nor welcome to apply for a Marriage License.Is it fair to compare gay marriage to miscegenation, which was once illegal in several states before the?
It is absolutely fair. The comparison is made to show that times change. Remember that it was illegal to be gay in California until 1973. Nowadays, even though it is legal, it is still looked down upon in some circles, and I'm talking about mixed-race marriages as well as same-sex marriages.
Hey, Evangelical Fundamentalists: smoking wasn't considered a sin until sometime in the late 19th century. Times change.
Yes i think it's fair to compare. Frankly i am disgusted with America and why this country cannot accept the Gay/Lesbian people as just regular everyday people.
Hopefully one day marriage between same gender people will be permanently legal everywhere in the world.
Yes, it's a fair comparison.
Yes, I think it is absolutely fair.
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