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07/25/2007
It it's pro-gay and on the West Coast, PJI's gunnin' for it
The 'mo foes at the Pacific Justice Institute are now challenging a 2004 executive order issue by Seattle mayor Greg Nickels (pic), in which Nickels ordered city departments to grant benefits and protections to the same-sex marriage of employees who are legally bound in locales where such nuptials are legal. The conservative law firm is arguing that Nickels "sanctioned" gay marriages in the order and its accompanying comments, which they claim goes against the state's DOMA law.
And in case you were confused, they are saying "goes against the state's DOMA law" as if challenging that discriminatory, constitution-vioalting law is a bad thing. Which seems weird to us, as in the not-too-distant future, it will inevitably be those who didn't challenge that historical blight known as DOMA who will be looked at with shrugged shoulders and "how could you not have" eyes. That's because DOMA (at both the federal and state level) is like the equivalent of legislative cow dung, only more foul.
Yet regardless of their "but a discriminatory law is on the books" claims, this executive order does not at all go against the state's wretched DOMA law, as it doesn't confer the right on anyone grant gay marriages or recognize them as legal in Washington; it merely directs Seattle city employees to grant equal benefits.
Here's just hoping the court's informed legal opinion agrees with our quasi-informed, non-legally-binding viewpoints on the order. And here's also hoping the whole of society will soon decide we need to remove cow dung from our constitutions before it seeps through and permanently destroys the basic guarantees we once held so dear!
Seattle's gay marriage policy challenged [SeattlePi.com]
Your thoughts
This is a total waste of money for the PJI. Appearantly they have nothing better to do than make it slightly more difficult for some gay City of Seattle employees partners to get benefits.
Washington State's new Domestic Partnership Law just went into effect. Mayor Nickels could just issue a new directive granting benefits to locally partnered couples. Those who were wed elsewhere will almost certainly register in Washington anyway.
Posted by: GayMormonBoy | Jul 25, 2007 3:27:36 PM
