Court arguments reveal how misogyny is at the heart of opposition to marriage equality

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Arizona and Texas are the latest states to be defending their same sex marriage bans in federal court. Things haven’t gone well for foes of equality lately, as foes of equality lose in state after state, most recently in Virginia. Attorneys in Arizona and Texas obviously see what’s coming and are resorting to desperately hiding behind children and slut-shaming.

Here are anti-equality attorneys in AZ arguing why same sex partners shouldn’t be allowed to marry:

Papers filed in federal court defending the ban say voters, in approving the constitutional amendment in 2008, are entitled to “define marriage for their community.’’ But the lawyers also are arguing to U.S. District Court Judge John Sedwick there’s a public purpose in the state getting into the business of regulating private relationships: Ensuring that children are, whenever possible, raised by a biological mother and biological father.

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Gay retaliation: Will gay men marry straight women? (video)

by Pamela Powers Hannley

Gay marriage is now legal in a handful of US states, but many voters are opposed to marriage equality.

We know who those people are; they're the straight, white men who voted for another straight, white man in last week's election– rather than join President Obama's rainbow coalition. 

In retaliation for their resistance to marriage equality, gay men are laying down the gauntlet and challenging straight men: Support marriage equality or we'll start marrying your girlfriends.

Watch the compelling video after the jump.

Marriage Equality – Time To Take a Stance

Posted by Bob Lord

So, if you believe this post, there’s a bit of a struggle over whether the Democratic Party platform will include a plank unabashedly supporting marriage equality. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/15/barack-obama-gay-rights-dnc-democratic-platform_n_1346454.html 

This should be seen not as a challenge but as an opportunity. I needn’t dwell on the morally right position, correction, morally correct position. But that’s not why it’s such a golden opportunity. Politically, this could be huge.