With all the renewed talk on anti-gay marriage thanks to the conservative power structure trying to rekindle a wedge issue to get representatives on record on how they would vote on the anti-gay amendment for the coming election cycle. While we know this amendment won’t pass this seems to be the only way for bigoted individuals to continuously force their religious beliefs on the masses. It is because it would probably not hold up to Supreme Court scrutiny even with the court tilted to the right now?

Let’s rewind time back to 1967 and look at Loving v. Virginia . For those not in the know, Virginia had a law that prevented marriage between non-similar races and this law violated the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the 14th amendment.

Those of staunch religious beliefs call out on “Gods words” to condemn homosexuality and their wishes to be accepted under federal protection of marriage. This followed a similar path on Loving where a Virginia judge found the couple guilty and in that judge’s opinion:

“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.”

Invoking God was this judge’s decision, and those for the argument against gay marriage do the same.

Bush spoke in his recent address saying that they must take action against “activist courts” like MA who decide that gay marriage should be a protected right. By his standards of “activist courts” Loving would have been vigorously fought and an amendment would have been pressed. I fail to see a difference. Both Loving and Gay Marriage are trying to go against the grain of many religious beliefs and in doing so upsets the even a majority at times (gay marriage is only now a 50/50 split in public acceptance).

I bring this discussion up since this last weekend I celebrated my second year of marriage, and by Virginia’s standards back then my wife and I would have been arrested since she is Black and I am White. I couldn’t imagine living in a time of such bigotry against my beliefs (not that it’s perfect, but at least there is no law against it) and I couldn’t imagine the hardships that loving gay couples are going through.