Same-sex marriages gradually gain legal ground

05/04/09 LA Times:

"[R]rights are expanding as legally married gay couples relocate to states that don't allow same-sex marriage, forcing courts, legislatures and employers to deal with the resulting issues of custody, divorce, inheritance and end-of-life decisions ... 'These are serious cases of widespread importance, where we see same-sex couples attempting to use the laws of another state to push their agenda in a state that does not recognize their union,' said Jim Campbell, litigation counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal organization."

In addition, Gary Gates, senior research fellow at the Williams Institute, estimates that of the nation's 780,000 same-sex couples in marriages or civil unions, a quarter are raising children, increasing the odds that child-raising couples will seek "equal protection from insurers, employers and the government for their families."

Finally, as Brad Sears, executive director of the Williams Institute observes, "The more the rights of same-sex couples are recognized, the less credible are arguments about potential bad or harmful things that might happen if they are recognized."

Source of article reference: How Appealing blog

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