https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/10/the-lefts-gay-marriage-challenge-at-the-supreme-court-could-backfire/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 05:31:03 -0400<![CDATA[Maybe the California case will be the gay Brown. Certainly, the momentum of social change has shifted since the controversial filing in 2009 and the establishment critics have greatly softened their stand. For the first time in American history in November, not one, but all the states to consider gay nuptial issues at the ballot box broke in favor of gay rights. One could argue that the gay run-up cases have already been won. In 1996 Justice Anthony Kennedy, still rumored to be the swing vote this time, wrote a groundbreaking opinion in favor of the political rights of gays. In 2003, the Supreme Court threw out the remaining state laws making sodomy criminal.]]>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:05:07 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/10/the-lefts-gay-marriage-challenge-at-the-supreme-court-could-backfire-n98157