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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Wouldn't a straight challenge to a clerk's denial to grant the license present the same question to the court?
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Yeah, but that would be a fairly sterile act in a vaccuum. Here, we've now got a movement - people are being married (maybe) every minute, and the ranks of "married" gay couples is growing, and every minute that remains true without some biblical plague coming down on us adds strength to the movement and detracts from opposition. The vast bulk (no, that's not a fat joke) of the country isn't going to fight this expansion of marriage strongly - they simply aren't going to care that much. So, I think the explosive growth of married gay couples almost makes this a
fait accompli. (I normally hate using cute french phrases like that, but this one is so expressive . . .)
