[quote=SK in CV]Neither the court nor the president said exactly that. The difference is technical but significant. What the court said is that denying same-sex couples the same rights as straight couples is a violation of due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th amendment. Whether a polygamist marriage would be similarly protected is arguable. No inference can be drawn from this court decision.[/quote]Technically, you might be correct (I’m not a lawyer). However, I hope the court will draw the same conclusion that denying polygamist families the same rights as straight/gay couples is a violation of due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th amendment. I just hope we all are equal in the eyes of the law. We will find out soon enough.
So, although you might be right in saying that technically, the SCOTUS and POTUS didn’t say that exactly. I don’t know if the technical difference is that significant if all the news media and all the people on both side of the isle interpret it as that.
