Jerry Brown in Time magazine


On Civil Rights: The right to marry is sacred for gay and straight people

The idea is that gay marriage involves a basic liberty interest. The issues raised here go far beyond the issue of same-sex marriage. The question is whether rights secured under the state Constitution's safeguard of liberty as an 'inalienable' right may intentionally be withdrawn from a class of persons by an initiative. This litigation, perhaps for the first time, poses a more fundamental question: aren't some rights so sacred that they can't be taken away?
Source: Michael Lindenberger in Time Magazine Dec 23, 2008

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