Cato's Constitutional Case for Gay Marriage

 
Our friends at the Cato Institute have produced this new video,
which is particularly relevant given the goings-on in Maryland,
where the state Senate has passed a gay marriage bill that will be
signed into law by Gov. Martin O'Malley.
Here's the Cato write-up for the vid, which features the great
David Boaz, along with super-lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies:

On June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down bans on
interracial marriage in more than a dozen states in the case of
Loving v. Virginia. Today, the highest court in the United States
may soon take on the issue of marriage equality for gay and lesbian
relationships. Attorneys David Boies and Theodore B. Olson are
hoping the case of Perry v. Schwarzenegger will further establish
marriage as a fundamental right of citizenship. Also featured are
John Podesta, President of the Center for American Progress, Cato
Institute Chairman Robert A. Levy and Cato Executive Vice President
David Boaz.
Video produced by Caleb O. Brown and Austin Bragg. Event footage
shot by Evan Banks.

And in case you missed Reason's gay marriage vid from yesterday,
here it is:



 

With Washington state recently legalizing
same-sex unions and Maryland
about to follow suit, gay marriage hasn't been on this big a
roll since Bert and Ernie first shacked up on Sesame
Street. When Maryland finalizes its bill, seven states and the
District of Columbia will sanction the practice.
But before you bust out the appletinis and Indigo Girls CDs to
celebrate, consider that just last year in Maryland - a deep-blue,
Democratic-majority state when it comes to politics - gay marriage
went down faster than George Michael in a public restroom due to
resistance from socially conservative African Americans in the
Democratic Party. Indeed, while 71 percent of white Democrats in
the Old Line State favor gay marriage, just
41 percent of black Democrats do.
So what's different this time around? Democratic
Gov. Martin O'Malley and other pro-marriage legislators
took a page from New
York's gay playbook and reached around to sympathetic
Republicans to seal the deal.
Inconceivable even a generation ago, gay marriage is well on its
way to
becoming mainstream as a growing majority of Americans now
favor it. The only question is when, not if, folks such as Maryland
residents Justin and Phillip Terry-Smith will join heterosexuals in
the joys of getting married - and divorced - happily ever
after.
About 2.30 minutes. Produced by Joshua Swain. Written by Nick
Gillespie and Kennedy, who also hosts.

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