Okay folks, here's the skinny. First off, I need to remind everyone that all great journey's begin with a single step, and take many steps to get there.
Prop 8 being struck down is a clear win, and it needs to end right now, right here. It's not going to see the 9th court of appeals, and no one who cane really SEE wants it do go there. So it's over, done, Californian's will be free to start marrying again shortly and it's going to be a wonderful thing! Come on folks, let's not be greedy, show some support and overwhelming joy for the fine folks in California! Stop pushing to try and get this to go all the way.
Prop 8 is not, I repeat NOT the game and season winning goal, touchdown, home run, whatever you want to call it. It's just NOT. Period, end of subject, not even the brilliant legal minds want it to be. They have set their sights a bit higher and are itching to get onto the next task at hand, which for them is Maine. Yes, I said Maine. It's the next logical step in the war on ignorance and bigotry and IS necessary to be handled before the marriage issue goes before SCOTUS.
There are talented forces fighting, and winning, similar major legal battles in Massachusetts on a slightly different front that is also NOT going to SCOTUS, but is vital for when Marriage Equality gets there.
When is it going to get there?
Not as far into the future as you might think.
Here's how it's going to play out in short form:
1.) In a matter of days, a week or so at the most, Californian's are once
again going to be allowed to enjoy the "right" to marry as they see fit.
2.) Maine's Hateful amendment is going to be fairly quickly and easily
overturned in courts there by the same legal team that made it possible
in California
3.) Arizona will be next, then one or two other states that I cannot see ... yet!
The end game? Jersey will be officially upgraded to full legal marriage,
not "Civil Unions" like it has now. Then Plaintiffs legally married in
California, and other states, but living in NY will help turn the tide making
marriage legal there, and everywhere else when THAT case makes it to
the big game so to speak.
So it's going to be a case that hasn't even started yet, but built upon the wins in California, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Jersey that is going to become a class action federal court case that spans multiple states, and federal court districts. It's going to be filed in Federal District Court in NY & Washington D.C. at the same time, and move quickly out of the Circuit court level right into the Supreme court who will then have no choice but to hear it. Why? Because it will be so large and complex a case that they will not be able to simply refuse to hear it without being guilty of bias and judicial misconduct.
It's going to be a few years from now, so just sit tight, wait for things to flow and fit together, and then enjoy the show. You heard it here first folks.
This is Cassandra Speaking for "Forward Views" all of tomorrows news, today.
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