Things people say

[drwex]

"In the context of laws that limit legally recognized marriages to opposite-sex couples, the proffered legitimate goal telescopes into an interest in maintaining heterosexual hegemony.

[W]hether or not one considers these interests "legitimate" is not an inquiry solved by logic. Instead, it rests upon whether one believes that heterosexuality is the preferred form of human sexuality ­and whether one believes the government, federal or state, should act to guarantee heterosexuality.

Yes, that's definitely what I want my government to be doing: guaranteed heterosexual hegemony!

I need a Zippy the Pinhead icon for posts like these.

(source: http://www.scotusblog.com/2011/08/what%E2%80%99s-rational-about-rational-basis-review/
SCOTUSblog is in the middle of a two-week online symposium around the two main challenges to DOMA)

Comments

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

As to the legitimate.—Fine word, “legitimate”!—
Well, my legitimate, if this letter speed
And my invention thrive, Edmund the base
Shall top th' legitimate. I grow, I prosper.
Now, gods, stand up for bastards!