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Perspective

Feb. 4, 2015

LETTER: Unsound approach to latest marriage cases

The defenders of traditional marriage in the current same-sex marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court can focus solely on the constitutionality of traditional marriage, itself. By John K. Haggerty

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

Unlike the defendants in Hollingsworth v. Perry (2013), who were greatly burdened in defending Proposition 8 by thorny, tangential issues of standing and animus, the defenders of traditional marriage in the current same-sex marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court can focus solely on the constitutionality of traditional marriage, itself. However, in his article, "An approach to same-sex marriage cases" (Jan. 27, 2015...

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